What was in A. Lincoln's pockets ?

[J. Dillon]

http://www.history.com/content/hiddentreasures/what-was-in-lincoln-s-pockets

[Stiletto]

How come his son was called Todd and not Lincoln?

[SMARTINSEN]

Todd was his middle name, after his mother's maiden name. I believe that the article was simply referring that.

An sad coincidence about presidential assassinations in regard to Robert Todd Lincoln, from Wikipedia:

He was either present or nearby when three of them occurred.


Lincoln was invited to accompany his parents to the Ford's Theatre the night his father was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. Citing fatigue from riding in a covered wagon for an extended period of time, he declined, and remained behind at the White House, where he immediately went to bed. He was informed of his father's being shot just before midnight.



At President James A. Garfield's invitation, Lincoln was at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C., where the President was shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and was an eyewitness to the event. Lincoln was serving as Garfield's Secretary of War at the time.



At President William McKinley's invitation, Lincoln was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, where the President was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, though he was not an eyewitness to the event.

[J. Dillon]

I thought it interesting that Abe lincoln carried a pocket knife. I wonder how many 20Th century presidents carried one? Or is the Black Berry the thing to have now ? What about the do it your self repair to his eyeglasses ?

JD