Lincoln Family Album
03-01-2017, 01:40 PM,
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RE: Lincoln Family Album
(03-01-2017, 03:37 AM)J. Beckert Wrote: Looks like Mary's writing to me.

I agree with Joe. I am no handwriting expert, and it may not be an exact match, but I think the same person (most likely Mary Lincoln) wrote both. Keep in mind that these were written nearly 20 years apart.

I tried to find a letter in which Mary wrote the words "Robert T. Lincoln." And I found an example in a letter she wrote to Rev. Noyes W. Miner in 1882.

The top image is the handwriting on the back of the photo; the bottom image is the handwriting from her letter to Miner.

[Image: picturewriting.jpg]

[Image: writingletter.jpeg]
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Lincoln Family Album - by Gene C - 02-26-2017, 03:30 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by RJNorton - 02-26-2017, 05:04 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by Eva Elisabeth - 02-27-2017, 01:40 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by Gene C - 02-27-2017, 02:56 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by RJNorton - 02-27-2017, 01:41 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by Eva Elisabeth - 02-27-2017, 02:49 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by STS Lincolnite - 02-27-2017, 06:35 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by Dennis Urban - 03-01-2017, 12:59 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by RJNorton - 02-27-2017, 09:19 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by J. Beckert - 03-01-2017, 03:37 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by Eva Elisabeth - 03-01-2017, 04:53 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - by RJNorton - 03-01-2017, 01:40 PM

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