President Lincoln vignettes in F.B. Carpenter's "Six Months at the White House"

[RJNorton]

David, thank you very much for your posting. Walter Stahr is a member of this forum, and he made a post here. When you mentioned Harriet Beecher Stowe I thought of another controversy. When Lincoln was introduced to Stowe he allegedly said, "So, this is the little lady who started this great war." Many historians accept the quote, but I am aware of others (such as what is stated in the Fehrenbachers' book) who feel this is simply a part of Stowe family lore, and there's no way to prove Lincoln actually said those words.