Edward baker lincoln biography
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Edward Baker Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Edward baker lincoln biography
He was named after Lincoln’s friend Edward Dickinson Baker.
Little is known about Eddie’s life, but some sources bring forth a surviving story of the son whom his parents called “a tender boy.” Regarding Eddie’s arrival, Abraham wrote to his friend, Joshua Speed, “We have another boy, born the 10th of March last.
He is very much such a child as Bob was at his age – rather of a longer order.”
Along with his older brother, Robert, and his parents, little Eddie set out for Washington, D.C. in October of 1847 because Abraham had been elected to the House of Representatives.
In Washington, the Lincoln family boarded at Mrs. Ann G. Sprigg’s boardinghouse. In the spring of 1848, Mary and the boys left Washington to visit her family in Lexington, Kentucky.
One day, during the stay in Lexington, young Robert brought home a kitten.