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Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"
10-23-2013, 01:36 PM
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RE: Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"
He made that room larger than the whole downstairs of the Petersen House!

BTW: Just a bit of trivia, but I want to give credit where credit is due. The term "Rubber Room" became popular for describing the death room at Petersen's after Holzer and Williams used it in their booklet. However, they got it from a student of Dr. Terry Alford of Northern Virginia Community College. Leslie Leonard contributed an article to the Surratt Courier about the deathbed scene and used the term in her title - Abraham Lincoln and the Rubber Room. This was back in 1986.

I asked Harold and Frank to credit her in their booklet, and I believe that they did. Another example of getting a young person interested in the history and good things can happen.
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RE: Your guess: "angels" or "ages?" - Rhatkinson - 10-20-2013, 09:12 AM
RE: Your guess: "angels" or "ages?" - Hess1865 - 10-21-2013, 09:04 PM
RE: Your guess: "angels" or "ages?" - L Verge - 10-23-2013 01:36 PM

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