. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . Frederick il. Meserve, Esq., New York City Lincoln and Tad From a photograph made in Washington LINCOLN AND HIS CHILDREN His four children were all boys: Robert Todd,born August i, 1843; Edward Baker, born March10, 1846, died in infancy; William Wallace, bornDecember 21, 1850, died in the White House, Feb-ruary 20, 1862; Thomas, born April 4, 1853, diedin Chicago, July 15, 1871. But one of the boys lived to manhood. The oldest,Robert, was a student at Harvard while Lincoln wasPresident. Only William and Thomas, or Willieand Tad, as he called them, were
. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . Frederick il. Meserve, Esq., New York City Lincoln and Tad From a photograph made in Washington LINCOLN AND HIS CHILDREN His four children were all boys: Robert Todd,born August i, 1843; Edward Baker, born March10, 1846, died in infancy; William Wallace, bornDecember 21, 1850, died in the White House, Feb-ruary 20, 1862; Thomas, born April 4, 1853, diedin Chicago, July 15, 1871. But one of the boys lived to manhood. The oldest,Robert, was a student at Harvard while Lincoln wasPresident. Only William and Thomas, or Willieand Tad, as he called them, were with their fatherin the White House. The former was ten and the latter eight years oldwhen they went to live in the stately old mansionof the Presidents. They had been brought up in aplain home in a little town out on the prairies ofIllinois, where they were free to play in the streetsand on the commons with other boys. Whentheir father became President of the United Statesand they moved into the White House, they refusedto change their
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