Lincoln's Dog Fido

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Author John D. Weaver describes the argument this way:

"There was a family quarrel over Fido. Tad and Willie insisted on taking their yellow, floppy-eared dog to Washington. Their father shook his head. No, Fido would have to stay in Springfield. Tad and Willie argued their case ardently, and for awhile it looked as though a small civil war might break out on Eighth Street, but the two boys finally gave in and left Fido with their friends, the Roll boys."

From p. 33 of John D. Weaver's Tad Lincoln: Mischief Maker in the White House.