Tad Lincoln's music teacher, William Withers jr?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Many thanks, Roger! With this info I found a fascinating article (Anita, check it out!!!) by David Rankin Barbee entitled "The Musical Mr. Lincoln", published in the "Abraham Lincoln quarterly. [Vol. 5, no. 8, Dec.1949 ]". As for the piano lessons, it reads (p.443 on this site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/alajournals/...w=fulltext ):

"Soon after moving into the White House, President Lincoln engaged a noted Polish concert pianist, Mons. Alex. Wolowski, to give his sons, Willie and Tad, piano lessons. Wolowski had a studio in Washington, and as court pianist he had the run of the Executive Mansion, a privilege he did not abuse. Perhaps it was he who induced the President and Mrs. Lincoln to take Tad to one of young Teresa Carreno's concerts. She was the second musical prodigy that crossed the path of the untutored music lover from the plains of Illinois."

The source given for this passage is: Philadelphia Press, September 27, 1865.