Son of President Abraham Lincoln (1843-1926) who served as secretary of war in the Garfield and Arthur administrations. ALS signed “Robert T. Lincoln,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Isham & Lincoln law firm letterhead, February 1, 1878. Letter to a general, in part: "I resent your implication of getting old. I think I feel younger than Mr. Abraham Lincoln who is now near the mature age of five years. His older sister seems like a grandmother to me." In fine condition. The only grandson of President Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln II was the middle child of Robert Todd Lincoln and his wife Mary, and sadly died of an infection at age 16 while in Europe to study French.
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