Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Owes Big $$$

[davg2000]

Roger, could you perhaps post the photograph, with the distinctive finger marks on the hat, contained in the article itself?

Yes, David. Here is the hat:

Thanks, Roger!

It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words." This photograph is worth ten thousand words. It lends truth to F.B. Carpenter's words.

I see from the video that Roger posted on the Lincoln gloves (immediately above) that this hat is the one that he wore as "a country lawyer." So, I am not sure that this is the same hat that he wore in the White House.

And, yes, everyone, I know Lincoln tipped his hat to others.

This is not a White House hat. The two White House hats that we have (one at Hildene and the other at the Smithsonian) were taller. The ALPLM has never claimed that Lincoln wore this hat as president.