Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[Gene C]

(06-28-2014 12:22 PM)Lewis Gannett Wrote:  

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Gene wrote, "There's a little more to it than that. Each of the writers you mentioned had more material to examine than their predecesor." Actually, Gene, with regard to the Rutledge story, the evidence really hasn't changed since Herndon corresponded with and interviewed witnesses. You can find almost every last item in the indispensable book Herndon's Informants. A few interviews with some of Ann's sisters appeared independently of Herndon; in my opinion they add very little to the record, mostly because the sisters in question were very young when Ann died. And then we have such finds as the quote in a newspaper article published in 1930, allegedly from Hannah Armstrong's daughter, which asserts that Lincoln "bawled like a baby" after Ann died. If you consider that good evidence I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

Thanks, after looking through John Walsh's "The Shadows Rise" and the 5 plus pages of bibliography, I realized Hendon's Informants was a key reference, but I thought among all the additional references there would be a reasonable amount of additional or new material.