Scottish Accent

[Angela]

(10-28-2016 05:29 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Angela, I cannot check as have no access to my copy right now (will have to wait until Xmas...), but I wonder if it was/is in "A Reporter's Lincoln" (eye-witness accounts edited by M. Burlingame)?
In any case I think you'd like the book (I do):
https://www.amazon.com/Reporters-Lincoln...0803292538

It was definitely in the biography. From the way it is quoted - interview style - I think it could originate with Herndon.

@Roger - I agree, it DOES sounds like he exaggerated a little.