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Identifier: lincolnchildrenrlinc_3 (find matches)
Title: The Lincoln children. Robert Todd Lincoln
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
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hich al-most defies any effort one mightmake to read it. Robert Lincolns handwritingchanged considerably during hislifetime; however, while he wasa student at Phillips ExeterAcademy and later at HarvardUniversity, his script was quitelegible (except for a name orword here and there). The Foundation collection hasa facsimile letter which Robertwrote to his mother on Decem-ber 2, 1860. The stationery bearsa letterhead of Phillips ExeterAcademy although Robert leftthe academy before his fatherwas elected President. However, he returned to Exeterfor a visit of about a month after the 1860 election. Theexuberant letter follows: Dec. 2, 1860Dear Mother — You see I am back at Exeter and I feel very muchat home. I am here with Dick Keconkey (Cluskey?). Wehave been in a constant round of dissipation sincewe came. On Thursday we were at dinner at MissGales On Friday Mr. Tuck gave a large party whichpassed off very finely. Mr. T. thinks of going toChicago in about three weeks and thence to St.
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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation Portrait by the Bureau of Engravingand Printing Louis. So look out for him. Tonight we are invited out to tea which will windup our fun as we have to commence study againtomorrow. We have only about six weeks more before goinghome. I see by the papers that you have been to Chicago.Aint you beginning to get a little tired of thisconstant uproar? I have a couple of friends from St. Louis who aregoing to the inaugurationafter vacation is over andI have invited them to stopat our house on their (way).They are nice fellows andhave been with me for thelast year. You will remember Iwrote to Father about afellow who is boaring meconsiderably. He capped theclimax lately. There was aRepublican levee and supperat Cambridge to which Iwas invited. I did not gofor I anticipated what real-ly happened. I was sitting in my roomabout 9% when two boyscame up and handed me anadmission ticket on the backof which this fellow hadwritten, asking me to comeover as the

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