Lincoln & Herndon

[Mike B.]

(07-06-2014 05:55 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I'm not one for memorizing dates, but after reading Eva's posting above of the 1866, very cordial letter that Mrs. Lincoln sent to her nemesis, would someone please provide a timeline showing approximately when Herndon's vendetta against the First Lady began and when it was at its height, and finally when other authors decided to follow suit?

Laurie, I would point you to the Doug Wilson chapter in the "Mary Lincoln Enigma" which goes over the course of the fighting.

The flip side of the coin is that many authors have assumed they were constantly in a state of fighting, and I think the letter shows they were not until the Ann Rutledge lecture.