Abraham Lincoln and religion. Mary Todd Lincoln (1895)
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection · leaf 8
no means of knowing. He wasaccustomed, however, to strangersasking for seances. Her visit calledfor no special comment. When a print was taken of thenegative, Mumler immediately rec-ognized the extra as President Lin-coln. He showed it to his visitorand asked if she identified it. Shereplied that… … Psychic ObserverWhen Lincolns wife went for a sitting with Mumler,noted Spirit Photographer of the Civil War days, the pictureabove was received. Its authenticity was not questioned byMrs. Lincoln at any time and to this day this picture remainsunchallenged.
