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I believe they said it was because he had developed some boils under his arm, they lanced them, they became infected, and the resulting infection killed him.Thank you for this, wonderful pictures. Do you know what the younger Abraham Lincoln (Jack) died from?
Quite so. I find it frightening that some don't work anymore because of overuse.I believe they said it was because he had developed some boils under his arm, they lanced them, they became infected, and the resulting infection killed him.
When you count your blessings, be sure to include antibiotics!
You lived in Brattleboro? That makes us practically neighbors! The family I share the house with does all of their grocery shopping in Brattleboro, but since I work in the opposite direction, I do mine on this side of the border.Thanks so much for sharing these photos! We visited Hildene back in the 1980s when we were still living in Brattleboro. A beautiful and fascinating place!
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You know, this is a better photo of the house than the one on the post card I bought at the gift shop...View attachment 410382
Robert had first come to the southwestern corner of Vermont in 1863. Mary Todd Lincoln brought her children to the Equinox Hotel, a large and lovely in Manchester Center, to escape the heat of Washington, DC. The family liked Vermont so well that they returned the following summer and would have been at the Equinox again in 1865 if President Lincoln had not been assassinated. Robert's fond memories of Vermont inspired him to purchase the land needed for the Hildene estate and it's attached farm.
Oh yes, I remember your mentioning you lived in that area -- Bernardston or Greenfield or Deerfield maybe? We were living in Guilford when we first got married, then moved to Brattleboro when one of the kids got very sick. We're in NC now, but that area up there still feels like home!You lived in Brattleboro? That makes us practically neighbors! The family I share the house with does all of their grocery shopping in Brattleboro, but since I work in the opposite direction, I do mine on this side of the border.
I emailed Helen when I got home, but she hasn't responded.@Gary Morgan you got Rob from Texas in your photo! It was fun chatting with him and his wife