1. Creator/Author:
  2. Edwards, Ninian Wirt (26)

Letter from Ninian W. Edwards to Robert Todd Lincoln

Creator:
Edwards, Ninian Wirt
Collection:
Insanity File Collection; Robert Todd Lincoln Correspondence
Location:
Springfield, Illinois
Date of Original:
1876
Description:
Handwritten letter, 20 cm. Ninian Edwards writes immediately after Mary Todd Lincoln's trial to state that he signed a document he assumed would be private and did not prepare a statement that ran in the press, which left him "ashamed and mortified."
Subject:
Edwards, Ninian Wirt--Correspondence; Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Category:
Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:
Manuscript
Item ID:
71200908502620_18
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:
71200908502620_18
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
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