Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation

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(09-05-2014 03:22 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I think the point that Eva was making is that Florence Stanley is a spurious individual that experts in the field cannot verify as having been in contact with Robert Lincoln concerning this matter. Instead of taking her letter as gospel, Eva wants to know what other sources have found similar evidence that Mr. Lincoln faltered somewhat before signing the Proclamation.

It has just crossed my mind that the Florence Stanley anecdote (which only came to light some 70 years after it was supposed to have occurred) and the incident that has MTL allegedly distressing her husband and his audience by chattering loudly to her friends during his speech(also not mentioned until much later)-are equally murky and difficult to verify.

Yet both are cited as pretty much gospel by Highly Respected Lincoln Scholar Mr. Burlingame.

Coincidence?