Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

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Why does the name James Redpath sound familiar? Also, I was not aware that any research had been done on Mrs. Keckly’s son – even a book entitled Nobody’s Son. http://sablearm.blogspot.com/2012/12/pvt...icted.html

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(12-21-2017 04:29 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  I do not know about a diary, but I have one source that says she dictated her memoirs for the book while she was in New York laboring to sell Mary Lincoln's old clothes (1867). I know Robert Lincoln tried to suppress publication of the book. I do not know how successful or unsuccessful he was, and I do not know how many copies of her book actually sold. I do know the book ended the friendship between Mary Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckly.

Interesting side note referencing Robert Lincoln in the piece on Mrs. Keckly's son that I posted above:

(Note: Keckley was vilified for the intimate details she divulged and the private letters of Mary Lincoln that were included as an appendix to the book. Robert Todd Lincoln, in one of many ugly moments that marked his long life, blocked publication of the book and published his own parody, disdainfully entitled Behind the Seams; by a ***** Woman who Took Work in from Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Davis and Signed with an "X," the Mark of "Betsey Kickley (*****) denoting its supposed author's illiteracy.")