Abraham Lincoln and religion. Edward Baker's "spirit" message (1861)
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection · leaf 29
mediately summoned Brooks and theymade a date with Colchester the next day at a specifiedhour. When he arrived, Mrs. Lincoln introduced Brooksto Colchester and then withdrew. Brooks thereuponshowed Colchester the unhealed scar on his forehead.Colchester insisted that he had been insulted, and… … The following information about this photograph is taken from TheNational Spiritualist, February, 1945: In 1867, two years after Mr. Lincolns death Mrs. Lincoln visitedthe photograph gallery of Mr. William Mumler in Boston, Massa-chusetts. She did not give him her name but went incog., and sat for…
