Thomas F. Harney

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(11-17-2014 05:02 PM)HerbS Wrote:  I have a"letter to Lincoln"warning him of his assassination.Sender-unknown-postmarked-Dansville,NY.Tom Turner and I feel it is very"intriguing".John,at this juncture,I believe in speculation with great research.

Ray Neff and Len Guttridge were trying to verify that Dansville, NY letter, Herb, about twenty years ago. I had a conversation with Guttridge at that time, and I remember querying him to make sure that the postmark was NY because there was also a Dansville, Maryland, up until the early-20th century. Did they ever contact you?

I agree that speculation should be the BEGINNING of good research. I just don't approve of some writers who phrase their final text to make it seem like there was research done - when there wasn't. Or the research didn't prove their point, but they let it ride, or skewed it, anyhow. I can tell you some good tales learned over my past forty years. And even the best of historians do it from time to time.