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	Robert Lincoln
		Robert, who was named for his mother's father, was born in downtown Springfield, Illinois, in the Globe Tavern (pictured to the right; Illinois State Historical Library photograph) where the Lincolns lived after their marriage in 1842.
		Robert's wife, Mary, was shy and often sickly.
		Robert was not buried in the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield.
	home.att.net /~rjnorton/Lincoln66.html (1623 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Lincoln graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, then studied at Harvard University from 1861 to 1864 where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
		Lincoln began legal proceedings against his mother Mary in 1875, which resulted in her committal to an insane asylum in Batavia, Illinois.
		Lincoln died at his Vermont home on July 26, 1926, and was later interred in Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife Mary and their son Jack, who died of blood poisoning at the age of 16 in London, England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Todd_Lincoln (790 words)

	Mary Todd Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Lexington, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Parker, prominent residents of the city.
		After the President's assassination in April 1865, her reputation was further besmirched as former Lincoln aides and Cabinet members openly attacked her for being a spendthrift, difficult and arrogant (Lincoln's wartimes aides John Nicolay and John Hay privately referred to her as "the hell-cat").
		To gain conrol of his mother's finances, Robert had Mary Lincoln committed to an insane asylum in Batavia, Illinois in 1875, but she was free to move about the grounds and was released three months later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln (844 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln
		Robert Todd Lincoln, first child of Mary and Abraham, was born on August 1, 1843, in a boarding house called the Globe Tavern in Springfield.
		As Robert grew up, it became apparent that he was of a stocky build and that he would never have the long-boned leanness of his father.
		Robert was the only one of the Lincoln sons who lived into adulthood and he distinguished himself in many ways.
	www.nps.gov /liho/family/robert.htm (300 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following his father's assassination, in May of 1865 he, his brother Thomas (Tad) Lincoln (1853-1871), and their mother moved to Chicago where Robert completed his law studies at the University of Chicago (a school different from the university presently known by that name).
		Lincoln began legal proceedings against his mother Mary in 1875, which resulted in her commitment to an insane asylum in Batavia, Illinois.
		Lincoln died at his Manchester, Vermont home on July 26, 1926 and was later interred in Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife Mary and their son Jack, who died of blood poisoning at the age of 16 in London, England.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Robert_Todd_Lincoln (829 words)

	Robert Lincoln
		Robert Todd Lincoln, the first child of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1843.
		Lincoln criticised the radicalism of Theodore Roosevelt and claimed that his ideas constituted "a revolution" and would lead to a dictatorship.
		Robert Todd Lincoln died in Manchester, Vermont, in 1926.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAlincolnR.htm (567 words)

	Mary Todd Lincoln Houseis a window into Kentucky's past - The Boston Globe
		The Todd and Lincoln family histories are woven into the 45-minute tour of the home that began as a country tavern and inn on the west side of Lexington in 1803-06.
		Todd, from a wealthy local family, bought the 13-acre property in 1831 and converted the tavern-inn into a 14-room home.
		The Lincolns and their two sons stayed in the Todd family home in 1847, when they were en route to Washington, where he would serve his only term as a US representative.
	www.boston.com /travel/articles/2005/04/13/mary_todd_lincoln_house_is_a_window_into_kentuckys_past?mode=PF (906 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Mary Todd was born in Lexington, Ky., on Dec. 13, 1818, the fourth child of Robert S. Todd and Eliza Parker Todd.
		Mary Lincoln's husband was reserved, introspective, and deficient in social graces, whereas she was vivacious, self-centered, and ambitious.
		Aside from her share of Lincoln's estate, she had an annuity from Congress of $3,000 granted in 1870, which was increased to $5,000 in 1880.
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	Robert Todd Lincoln
		Robert was born in Sprungfield, Illinois at the Globe Tavern.
		Robert along with many cabinent members and other officals was scandalized with how he allowed his younger brothers, Tad and Willie to behave in the White House--antics that were well chronicled in the press.
		Robert was appointed the permanent president of Pullman in 1901 and served there until 1911 when he resigned and was named chairman of the company's board of directors.
	histclo.com /pres/ind19/lincoln/lincolnr.html (2643 words)

	Mary Todd Lincoln
		As beloved as Abraham Lincoln is in American history, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln seems to be equally despised.
		Through her stepmother, Mary Todd Lincoln was distantly related to John C. Breckinridge, US Vice President under James Buchanan.
		Robert Todd Lincoln, who had her committed, later served as US Secretary of War during the Presidencies of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
	www.nndb.com /people/802/000024730 (870 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln Tomb in Arlington Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A pink granite marker indicates the gravesite of Robert (1843-1926), his wife Mary Harlan Lincoln (1846-1937), and their son Abraham Lincoln II ("Jack"), who died at age 16.
		President Lincoln served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War; Robert joined General Grant's staff near the close of the Civil War.
		She had their son's body moved from the Lincoln tomb in Springfield to Arlington, where it was re-buried on May 27, 1930.
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/sites/robert.htm (425 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD [Lincoln, Robert Todd] 1843-1926, American lawyer and public official, b.
		Springfield, Ill., son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
		Lincoln denied access to those papers of his father that he owned to all except the authorized biographers, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, and left them to the Library of Congress on the condition that they be sealed until 21 years after his death.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:LincolnR (144 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln at Harvard College
		Robert Todd Lincoln hoped to be admitted to Harvard College but failed all the entrance examinations.
		Robert studied the standard curriculum of his time (there were no college "majors" then), taking classes in botany, chemistry, composition, declamations, elocution, forensics, Greek, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political economy, religion, rhetoric, and themes.
		Robert was graduated with the Class of 1864 but as he noted in a July 18 letter, "The President will not be at Commencement." His mother was present on July 20 for the festivities, which included the principal address given by Edward Everett, who shared the podium with President Lincoln at Gettysburg the previous year.
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/sites/harvard.htm (1516 words)

	ROBERT TODD LINCOLN: RELUCTANT WITNESS TO HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is a fact that Robert Lincoln was on the scene of three different presidential assassinations, but assassination lore has it that he played a shadowy, almost supernatural role in all three.
		Robert was awakened later that night and informed of the shooting at the Ford’s Theater.
		In 1881, Robert Lincoln was the Secretary of War in the administration of President James A. Garfield.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/89601 (571 words)

	Biography of Mary Lincoln
		Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven.
		Lincoln's single term in Congress, for 1847-1849, gave Mary and the boys a winter in Washington, but scant opportunity for social life.
		Yet Lincoln, watching her put her guests at ease during a White House reception, could say happily: "My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out."
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/firstladies/ml16.html (434 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Civil War Times \| Edwin Booth Saved Robert Todd Lincoln's Life
		Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's four sons.
		Robert Todd Lincoln, the first child born to President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, spent most of the war years at Harvard College but joined General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant's staff early in 1865.
		Lincoln had related the story of the rescue to Badeau while they were stationed at City Point, Va., and Badeau supposedly offered Booth his compliments for having performed such a deed.
	www.historynet.com /cwti/blbooth (1178 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| American History \| Robert Todd Lincoln: The Perpetual Non-Candidate
		Robert joined the Union Army in 1864 and was made a captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers on the staff of Lt. Gen.
		Given Lincoln's strong and active support of Republican causes in Illinois, President Garfield tapped Robert to be secretary of war in the new administration and, apparently feeling his personal affairs permitted it, Lincoln accepted.
		Robert's entrance onto the national stage was met by a mixture of admiration and scorn in the press.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/american_history/3033101.html (1319 words)

	The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln
		In December, the Lincoln family crosses the Ohio River and settles in the backwoods of Indiana.
		In Autumn, Lincoln is appointed Deputy County Surveyor.
		Lincoln resumes his travels in the 8th Judicial Circuit covering over 400 miles in 14 counties in Illinois.
	www.historyplace.com /lincoln (2477 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926)
		Robert was shy, reserved and fundamentally kind, but he labored under the shadow of his famous and more gregarious father.
		Lincoln told Robert: " 'It is a good face; it is the face of a noble, noble, brave man. I am glad the war is over at last.' Looking up at Robert, he continued: 'Well, my son, you have returned safely from the front.
		Robert had to assume the lead role for the family in his father's funeral - since his mother was completely prostrated by the assassination.
	www.mlwh.org /inside.asp?ID=16&subjectID=2 (845 words)

	Internet Public Library: POTUS
		President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing all slaves in the states that had seceded and that were not yet under Northern control.
		Abe Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died when the family dairy cow ate White Snakeroot and she drank the milk.
		Lincoln had a wart on his right cheek, a scar on his thumb from an ax accident, and a scar over his right eye from a fight with a gang of thieves.
	www.ipl.org /div/potus/alincoln.html (983 words)

	The Perpetual Non-Candidate Robert Todd Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lincoln replied that such a situation "cannot possibly come about" due to his age and his poor health, which had forced his retirement from Pullman.
		Clarkson stated that the delegation could use its votes to "arouse the Republican Party from its indifference to your rights," and "compel attention." He urged the delegation to vote for Lincoln for president and continue voting for him on successive ballots either until he was nominated or the convention agreed to recognize their rights.
		While Lincoln was never nominated for either the presidency or the vice presidency, there is little question about the outcome had he actively sought such an honor.
	www.thehistorynet.com /ah/blrobertlincoln/index3.html (1347 words)

	Neely and Holzer, The Lincoln Family Album
		Showcasing original and previously unpublished photographs collected and preserved by Mary Todd Lincoln and four generations of descendants, the volume includes pictures displayed in a family album when the Lincolns lived in the White House.
		Chronicled are the lives of the Lincolns’ three sons, including the tragic death of Willie in 1862, the rapid change of Tad during the war, and Robert’s marriage, children, and political career.
		Lincoln: Letters to the President and The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, both published by Southern Illinois University Press, and Lincoln at Cooper Union, which won a 2005 Lincoln Prize.
	www.siu.edu /~siupress/NeelyandHolzerTheLincolnFamilyAlbum.html (509 words)

	History & Buildings
		Robert Todd Lincoln built Hildene as a summer home at the turn of the 20th century.
		Robert first visited Manchester as a young man in the summers of 1863 and 1864 when he came to the Equinox Hotel with his mother and his brother Tad.
		Astronomy was a lifelong interest of Robert Todd Lincoln and he chose a high point of land northeast of the house to build his observatory.
	www.hildene.org /html/history___buildings.html (734 words)

	Lincoln Related - Robert Todd Lincoln, oldest son of the President
		"Get a good ready," by Lincoln.Abraham Lincoln is shaking hands with the crowd of supporters.Abraham Lincoln is shaking hands with the crowd of supporters.Abraham Lincoln knew the common people, their customs, folklore and feelings...and their colorful expressions.
		Description: Robert Todd Lincoln in his office with the cast brass desk telephone, 1897.
		Robert Todd Lincoln is seated at his desk and a picture of President Lincoln is hanging on the wall.
	www.abelincoln.com /lincoln_related/5-2.html (184 words)

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		Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Thomas (Tad) Lincoln
		Fourth and youngest son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
		Youngest daughter and third child of Robert and Mary Harlan Lincoln.
	www.nps.gov /abli/lincfacj.htm (475 words)

	Democratic Underground - Good thing Robert Todd Lincoln isn't campaigning for Chimpo...
		Robert Todd Lincoln was in close proximity of three out of 4 presidential assassinations (his father, Garfield and McKinley)...
		Robert Lincoln, the President's son, was in the White House when his father was shot.
		On July 2, 1881, Robert was with President James A. Garfield at Washington's Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station when the President was shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau.
	www.democraticunderground.com /discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=741957&mesg_id=742449 (1132 words)

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