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The Bixby Letter
03-29-2013, 09:55 PM (This post was last modified: 03-29-2013 09:59 PM by ELCore.)
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(03-29-2013 05:52 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  To me, Hay is saying all the fascimilies that were printed were not genuine (the original being lost). How do others interpret Hay's statement? Is he saying Lincoln was the letter's author?

I think all that he meant is that there was, indeed, a presidential letter to Mrs. Bixby, Nov. 21, 1864. Thus, the Bixby letter is to be distinguished from letters attributed to Lincoln that had actually been made up out of whole cloth, just as many sayings attributed to Lincoln were simply made up (as we well know!).

BTW, it is not at all clear to me that there was any public dispute about authorship as early as 1904. I believe (am I mistaken?) that the early controversy about the letter was whether the original still existed and whether documents claimed to be copies of the original handwritten document were actually such. I think both questions have been answered definitively in the negative -- but it took a long, long time to get them answered.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it. (Letter to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863)
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RE: The Bixby Letter - Laurie Verge - 03-27-2013, 10:44 AM
RE: The Bixby Letter - ELCore - 03-28-2013, 10:44 PM
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