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[James]

Laurie, that's fine. I'll respect your wishes. But to be clear, anyone who states that there are any additional instances of a "spurious" photo being bandied about by the owner of the Abe and Mary dag are either sadly mistaken or flat out lying. That allegation is spurious. Thank you again for your comments and insight.

Gene, I think part of the problem is that a lot of folks are looking at what transpired in the middle of the nineteenth century through a twenty-first century lens. It's a completely different ballgame now. Lincoln photographs had little or no interest or value at that time. We know there are roughly 130 images of Lincoln known to exist. It's impossible to know the number that have fallen through the cracks and actually been lost forever. Of the known images, there are still ongoing debates as to the exact time and place of the sitting for specific photos.
There are depictions of several dignitaries and socialites in March 23rd edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper following the inaugural ceremonies, but not one of Mary Lincoln, the new First Lady. There may well be a woodcut image of Mary in her inaugural attire in a contemporaneous newspaper, but I'm not aware of any (I've never seen one - but I don't have access to those newspapers). One would think that the first image presented to the public after the inaugural events would be of one or both of the Lincolns. Yet you folks appear to believe that a daguerreotypist would have taken the photograph, handed it to Abe, or most likely Mary, and then headed straight to the newspapers to announce this activity. I just don't see the logic in that. Anyway, thanks for the back and forth.