1. Creator/Author:
  2. Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 (138)

Letter from Robert Todd Lincoln to Cordelia Jackson

Creator:
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
Collection:
Robert Todd Lincoln Correspondence
Location:
Manchester, Vermont
Date of Original:
1918
Description:
Typewritten letter, 23 cm, on Hildene, Manchester, Vermont letterhead, addressed to Miss Cordelia Jackson, signed by Robert T. Lincoln. Lincoln thanks Miss Jackson for a copy Chronicles of Georgetown (by her father, Richard Plummer Jackson) and expresses a great interest in the history of that area now that he resides there. He comments on a story about cadet buttons reputed to have been given Dr. Gurley by his father who had been given them by General Grant.
Subject:
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence; Jackson, Cordelia--Correspondence
Category:
Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:
Manuscript
Item ID:
71200908300799
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:
71200908300799
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
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