Where Is It?

[David Lockmiller]

(03-29-2023 03:59 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  David, many historians don't trust the stories of Leonard Grover so I am not surprised that Prof. Burlingame did not include this one. My personal thinking on Grover is that he will start with a truth and then embellish some of the details in an attempt to make things more interesting for the reader.

The story comes from:

Leonard Grover, "Lincoln's Interest in the Theater," Century Magazine, (April 1909).

Roger, thank you for that information and insight regarding the credibility of Leonard Grover. I recall the details of having read the same story many years ago. But I did not know at the time about the credibility issue and had assumed it was all a true story.

Speaking of Professor Burlingame, I thought you might be interested in more detail information regarding Lincoln's May 29, 1856 "Lost Speech" from Professor Michael Burlingame's unabridged Abraham Lincoln: A Life - Vol. 1, Chapter 11, at pages 1183 - 1189. The superb writing may be accessed here. (Page 1183 is page #27 on the left-hand side of the screen.)