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- Letter from Robert Todd…
- Other Title:
- Robert Todd Lincoln correspondence, 1896 Jul. 12.
- Authors:
- Lincoln, Robert Todd,
- Other Authors:
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926, signer.
- Item ID:
- 71200908300732
- Publisher:
- Chicago, Illinois : Robert T. Lincoln, 1896.
- Call Number:
- PN6131 .L56 1896 JUL 12
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet ([4] pages) ; 20 cm
- Topic:
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 -- Correspondence.
- Berri, William, 1848-1917 -- Correspondence.
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Handwritten letter on "60 Lake Shore Drive" letterhead, dated "Chicago, 12 July 96" and signed by "Robert T. Lincoln." Lincoln declines an invitation to speak at the Lincoln Club in February of 1897 but explains that he rarely accepts such invitations to celebrations of his father's birthday. Autograph letter signed (ALS).; The eldest surviving son of Abraham Lincoln, Robert "Bob" Todd Lincoln was licensed as an attorney in Chicago on February 22, 1867. He was certified to practice law four days later on February 26, 1867. In 1877 he turned down President Rutherford B. Hayes' offer to appoint him Assistant Secretary of State, but later accepted an appointment as President James Garfield's Secretary of War, serving from 1881 to 1885 under Presidents Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. Lincoln served as the U.S. minister to the United Kingdom from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison.; William Berri was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1848. He began his professional career at his father's business in oilcloth manufacturing and carpet merchandizing. Later he established a printing business, eventually becoming one of the owners of the Brooklyn Standard Union. He was one of the founders of the Lincoln Club in Brooklyn, New York. In 1896, he was appointed president of the Board of Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company. Berri died in 1917.
- OCLC Number:
- ocn904814667
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Manuscripts & Documents
