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Thomas “Tad” Lincoln (April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871) was the fourth and youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Tad was named after Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father who had died in 1851. Tad’s head was unusually large at birth.
The young Lincoln brothers, Willie and Tad were described by Lincoln’s law partner as “hellions” when they visited the law office that he shared with Lincoln. Their rambunctious and indulged personalities would soon become legendary at the White House in Washington D.C.
Tad died in Chicago on July 15, 1871. Facing the death of a third child, Mary was inconsolable. Title: Tad Lincoln in Germany. Creator: Weisbrod, F. Origin Date: 1869. Object ID: LFA-0084. View Object Record.
Nov 21, 2012 · The History of Pardoning Turkeys Began With Tad Lincoln. The rambunctious boy had free rein of the White House, and used it to divert a holiday bird from the butcher’s block. Gilbert King....
Sep 18, 2017 · Posted onSeptember 18, 2017by Feather Schwartz Foster. Tad Lincoln and his Father, President Abraham Lincoln. Tad Lincoln had just turned 18 when he died. Tad in Springfield, IL. Tad Lincoln when he was around three. Thomas Lincoln, (1853-1871) named for his paternal grandfather, was called Tad from the outset.
Tad Lincoln could now slip out of the story, since his father was striding alone through Richmond toward martyrdom, glowing already with a special, solitary purity. The reason Lincoln’s “triumphal entry into Richmond” carried no hint of pretension, according to the Unitarian preacher Henry Clay Badger, was that like Jesus, he had grown ...
CDV Tad Lincoln wearing a Zouave uniform and hat, holding a gun, eyebrows, moustache and belt hand drawn in black ink on photograph. On verso, 'Thos. Lincoln, 1861, Taken at Washington, DC' Holding Institution: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana Item ID: LFA-0436 View Object Record
