The American Spectator

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br> Sacramento, California /p> p> COMEDY AND HISTORY br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Additions to the Lincoln Library : /p> p>I hope I don't offend you by spelling your name incorrectly or some other blunder. I am a 91-year-old lady who reads your writings with great relish so you are in no danger from me in any way. I just wanted you to know that I found your remark about our friend John Podhoretz delicious. Please don't bother to be surprised or contemptuous of my admiration for your skill, I'll still be a reader of your delicious swats. Thank you for listening and thank you for the good laugh. br> -- Hester Nichols /p> p> April 14, 1887 is 22 years, not 12, after the President's wounding. I wonder if Mr. Tyrrell's ancestor might have rendered his honored service in 1876, when the Secret Service got wind of the ransom plot, and that he was presented the picture in 1877, not 1887. Just wondering. Oddly enough, I have on my desk at this moment the February 15, 1963 edition of Life magazine, the cover of which features a 1901 photograph of the disinterment of President Lincoln's coffin in preparation for its reburial in the newly-rebuilt tomb. The cover story is titled, "What Happened to Lincoln's Body." Mr. Tyrrell may want to locate a copy of it, as he indicated a lively interest in the recent book on the same subject.

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