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Lincoln Family Album
02-26-2017, 10:04 AM
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RE: Lincoln Family Album
Very good analysis, Gene. I have the 1990 edition, and the photos of a "thin Tad" on pp. 124-125 are misidentified in the book. It has been discovered that those photos are not Tad Lincoln; rather they are of William Aaron Harlan, son of Iowa Senator James Harlan. I also question the writing on p. 93. Tad Lincoln gave a picture to Robert Lincoln. The picture is of Tad on his pony, and there is an inscription on the back. The book seems to imply that Tad wrote the inscription, but I disagree. I think an adult wrote the inscription for Tad. IMO, Tad's writing skills were not that advanced.

The inscription reads, "'Presented to Robert T. Lincoln by his affectionate brother-Thomas Lincoln. A carte-de-viste of himself and new South American pony, as taken, Nov 16th 1863. Washington, D.C."
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Lincoln Family Album - Gene C - 02-26-2017, 08:30 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - RJNorton - 02-26-2017 10:04 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - Eva Elisabeth - 02-26-2017, 06:40 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - Gene C - 02-26-2017, 07:56 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - RJNorton - 02-27-2017, 06:41 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - Eva Elisabeth - 02-27-2017, 07:49 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - STS Lincolnite - 02-27-2017, 11:35 AM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - Dennis Urban - 02-28-2017, 05:59 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - RJNorton - 02-27-2017, 02:19 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - J. Beckert - 02-28-2017, 08:37 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - Eva Elisabeth - 02-28-2017, 09:53 PM
RE: Lincoln Family Album - RJNorton - 03-01-2017, 06:40 AM

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