The Soul Of Abraham Lincoln by William Barton

[Rob Wick]

Barton wanted to write to Tarbell as early as the 1890s when her Life of Lincoln came out in McClure's. Barton wrote to a mutual friend asking for an introduction. Either he never wrote her, or the letter is missing in her papers. The first letter that Tarbell answered was written by Barton in 1919 and concerned her views on Lincoln's religion. Interestingly, Tarbell didn't write back until 1923 (and people get mad if you don't respond to a text immediately!). Tarbell explained that she had been out of New York for much of 1919 and 1920 on the lecture circuit and didn't see a whole bunch of letters, including Barton's. They corresponded (and disagreed) with each other up to Barton's death.

Anyone interested can find Barton's papers at the University of Chicago.

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/find...L.BARTONWE

Other papers are located in various repositories.

https://www.congregationallibrary.org/fi...illiam0016

https://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/arc...ard&id=960

https://berea.libraryhost.com/index.php?...&id=397&q=

https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/b/barton_we.htm

Best
Rob