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Letter from Robert Todd Lincoln to William W. Reed

Creator:: Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
Collection:: Robert Todd Lincoln Correspondence
Location:: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Original:: 1903
Description:: Typewritten letter, 21 cm, on Pullman Building, Chicago letterhead, signed by Robert T. Lincoln. Lincoln responds to a letter and telegram from W.W. Reed, Secretary of The Art Lovers League, 80 Exchange St., Buffalo, N.Y., asking for his opinion on a copy of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Robert states that it is not "a pleasing likeness of my father." Second letter, 27 cm, is a copy of a typewritten letter dated May 22, 1903, to the same recipient and notes that commendations of the portrait are "a matter of personal feeling." He enclosed a photograph of his father that he thinks "is unequaled as a likeness and as a pleasing picture" (probably Alexander Gardner's February 1865 portrait of Abraham Lincoln.)
Subject:: Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908300770
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908300770
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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