Old story of Lincoln rescuing dogs is "news" to me

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We’ve read several stories of Lincoln savings animals from harm, both in his youth and during his years riding the legal circuit in Illinois. This brief tale is a new one to me. It not only shows Lincoln saving some dogs in distress but also relates that he imparted an important lesson to his young son Robert and his friends.

This story appears in the papers compiled by the Lincoln Financial Foundation under the title “Abraham Lincoln’s Personality: Experiences With Dogs.” Alongside the brief newspaper clipping is a handwritten note, “Unidentified.” Now, with digital archive searches available, the item can be found listed among the contents of the New York Times edition published on Dec. 30, 1928. Notably, the anecdote is unaccompanied by any comment from Robert Todd Lincoln, who had died in 1926 at age 82.

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You can read "Abraham Lincoln's Personality: Experiences With Dogs" here, courtesy of the Internet Archive.
 
You can't quite throw it away based on Robert neglecting to bring it up- not in keeping with his dignity? If it were apocryphal you can't help but feel it would have been more embellished?

On the other hand, as an animal lover, wasn't it a little abusive to name a dog ' Fido '? :angel:
 
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