Mrs. Lincoln: A Life

[STS Lincolnite]

(10-03-2014 11:29 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Louise Taper is in Wikipedia here. I know of at least one other person researching this, but the last time I talked to him he was not yet ready to publish his findings. However, he is convinced Lincoln was indeed armed at Ford's.

Ahh...Taper. I do know her. I got confused by a typo that had "Tamper". Still, I was not familiar with the idea that Lincoln was armed on the night of the assassination (though when being snuck up on from behind and shot in the back of the head I suppose it makes no difference if you are armed or not). I will interested to read about this when published (hopefully soon!)

This theory does bring a couple of other questions to my mind:
Did Lincoln typically care a firearm?
Did Hay/Nicolay (or anyone else for that matter) ever write/discuss him carrying a firearm?
If he did not typically carry a firearm, why did he carry one on April 14, 1865?

Roger, I know you mentioned this in another thread but I have not come across that thread yet in my back reading. I apologize if all this a has been previously discussed.