Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[Lewis Gannett]

I have idiscussed this with Ed Steers in the past, and I do agree 100% with Ed's conclusion in his book.

I read the Steers chapter on Tripp with interest. Some of the particulars elude me at the moment but I recall thinking that he indulged in the same approach for which so many critics faulted Tripp: selective choice of evidence. With all due respect I'll repeat what I said about Bill Hanchett's challenge, but with a tweak: no one has systematically rebutted Tripp. Including David Donald, who issued "We Are Lincoln Men": Abraham Lincoln and His Friends as a kind of preemptive strike.