Funeral tad lincoln11/3/2023 ![]() Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use Section 107). Any copyrighted photographs and artwork are used in the context of this website strictly for educational, research and historical purposes only, under the "Fair Use" provisions of the Copyright Act, (US CODE: Title 17,107. Some photographs and artwork are believed to be in the public domain. None of the photographs and artwork exhibited herein are being sold by the webmaster. To order by mail, send your name, address, and payment of $5.99 (IL residents add. CST), or by mail with check, money order, Mastercard, or Visa through History in Print. It may also be ordered with a Mastercard or Visa by phone at 21 (8 a.m. A second edition was published in 2011.Įddie: Lincoln's Forgotten Son may be ordered using PayPal (enter at or online at History in Print or AbeBooks (enter the author and title, hit 'enter,' and look for Books on the Square). Morgan's assertions, I have talked to folks who think the image could be Robert Lincoln or even an unknown boy.įor additional information on Eddie, please see Tom Emery's excellent publication entitled Eddie: Lincoln's Forgotten Son (HISTORY IN PRINT, Carlinville, Illinois, 2002). I would like to thank Keya Morgan for sending me this scan and allowing me to use it on my website. For many years the image was overlooked in the collection of Herbert Wells Fay, an early custodian of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield. Keya Morgan of the Keya Gallery in New York City owns the daguerreotype. The daguerreotype at the top of the page was first published in 1998 in Lincoln's Photographs A Complete Album by Lloyd Ostendorf. He was 3 years, 10 months, and 18 days old specifically at his death. ![]() Thank you to Ana Cornell for this information: Eddie passed away at 6:00 AM on February 1, 1850. My friend, Joe Di Cola, let me know Eddie's original tombstone is on permanent display in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum. I was reminded of the 'little plaid stockings' and 'Eddy's dear little feet' while reading the excellent Lincoln Buff 2. Source of the words of Little Eddie: the Spring 1999 edition of The Lincoln Herald, p. Sources: Lincoln's Sons by Ruth Painter Randall and Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Chamberlain, but she was using the pseudonym Ethel Grey.Ĭomposed of four stanzas, the words are as follows: ![]() A Lincoln scholar, Samuel Wheeler, discovered the poem was written by a young girl whose name was Mary E. His loss left permanent scars in the hearts of his loving parents.Īfter Eddie's death a poem entitled Little Eddie was printed "by request" in the Illinois Daily Journal. The remains of Abraham and his sons, Eddie and Willie, remained in the temporary tomb before being moved to the permanent tomb on September 19, 1871.Įddie was an affectionate and deeply loved little boy. (The photograph is from the Meserve/Kunhardt Collection.) Then in 1865 Eddie's remains were moved to a temporary tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. For the next 15 years, his remains lay under the headstone pictured to the right. The little boy was buried in nearby Hutchinson's Cemetery a few blocks west of the Lincoln home. On the following Sunday, services were conducted by Reverend James Smith of the First Presbyterian Church. However, after 52 days of acute illness, Eddie passed away on February 1, 1850. Most likely the disease was really pulmonary tuberculosis. In December of 1849 Eddie became quite ill with what was thought to be diphtheria.
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