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	<title>From Out of the Top Hat: A Blog from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library &#38; Museum</title>
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	<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
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		<title>Stories from The Vault: Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s Last Visit To His Step Mother</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 21, Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s Last Visit To His Step Mother: This month, we sit down with Dr. Cornelius for a special Mother&#8217;s Day themed episode of &#8220;SFTV&#8221; and discuss Mr. Lincoln&#8217;s last visit to his step mother, we answer some questions from Facebook, and debunk a &#8220;famous&#8221; Mr. Lincoln quote often attributed to him on Mother&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 21, Abraham Lincoln&#039;s Last Visit To His Step Mother: This month, we sit down with Dr. Cornelius for a special Mother&#039;s Day themed episode of &quot;SFTV&quot; and discuss Mr. Lincoln&#039;s last visit to his step mother, we answer some questions from Facebook,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 21, Abraham Lincoln&#039;s Last Visit To His Step Mother: This month, we sit down with Dr. Cornelius for a special Mother&#039;s Day themed episode of &quot;SFTV&quot; and discuss Mr. Lincoln&#039;s last visit to his step mother, we answer some questions from Facebook, and debunk a &quot;famous&quot; Mr. Lincoln quote often attributed to him on Mother&#039;s Day.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
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		<title>An authorized forgery of Abraham Lincoln?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cornelius</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alplm.org/blog/?p=1246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For about a century the Lincoln profession has analyzed statements by John Milton Hay that he wrote many of Lincoln&#8217;s letters, and/or signed his name to many documents, with the president&#8217;s acquiescence.  Hay was the assistant private secretary in the Executive Mansion for the entirety of Lincoln&#8217;s presidency, serving under secretary John Nicolay, his friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories from the Vault: Book Discussion with author Randall Fuller</title>
		<link>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/04/randallfuller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emily Dickinson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 20, Book Discussion with author Randall Fuller: In this special episode, we present a book discussion with Randall Fuller author of the book, &#8220;From Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American Literature&#8221;. The discussion took place April 10, 2012 in our Union Theatre.]]></description>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 20, Book Discussion with author Randall Fuller: In this special episode, we present a book discussion with Randall Fuller author of the book, &quot;From Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American Literature&quot;.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 20, Book Discussion with author Randall Fuller: In this special episode, we present a book discussion with Randall Fuller author of the book, &quot;From Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American Literature&quot;. The discussion took place April 10, 2012 in our Union Theatre.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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		<title>Stories from the Vault: The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#8217;s Insanity Trial (Part Two)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 19, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln’s Retrial (Part Two): In part two of our Roundtable Discussion, our panel focuses on the medical and legal aspects of Mary Lincoln’s trial.]]></description>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 19, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln’s Retrial (Part Two): In part two of our Roundtable Discussion, our panel focuses on the medical and legal aspects of Mary Lincoln’s trial.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 19, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln’s Retrial (Part Two): In part two of our Roundtable Discussion, our panel focuses on the medical and legal aspects of Mary Lincoln’s trial.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
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		<title>Stories from the Vault: The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#8217;s Insanity Trial (Part One)</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/04/roundtable1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 18, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#8217;s Insanity Trial (Part One): In this two part episode, we present the audio from the Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#8217;s Insanity Retrial. The Insanity Retrial of  Mary Todd Lincoln is sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois Supreme Court Historic [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Crazy,Insanity,Mary Lincoln,Mary Todd Lincoln,Retrial,Trial</itunes:keywords>
	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 18, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#039;s Insanity Trial (Part One): In this two part episode, we present the audio from the Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#039;s Insanity Retrial.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 18, The Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#039;s Insanity Trial (Part One): In this two part episode, we present the audio from the Roundtable Discussion on Mary Todd Lincoln&#039;s Insanity Retrial. The Insanity Retrial of  Mary Todd Lincoln is sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Commission and will take place September 24, 2012 in Chicago, IL and again on October 1, 2012 in Springfield, IL. For more information on the retrial please visit: www.wasmarylincolncrazy.com.

Part one of our discussion focuses on the historical, cultural, and legal surroundings of Mrs. Lincoln&#039;s original trial.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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		<title>The &#8220;New York Times&#8221; Abraham Lincoln Essay Contest of 1909</title>
		<link>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/04/newyorktimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/04/newyorktimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wightman Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Lincoln’s hundredth birthday in 1909, the Times put on an essay contest for the children of the Greater New York Area.  Other urban papers, including the Philadelphia Ledger and the Cleveland Press, organized Lincoln competitions too, though none could rival the size of the Times event. Drawing on a city population of 4.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories from the Vault: Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Painting</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/04/deathbed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A. Kromer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 17, Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Painting: This month on Stories from the Vault we sit down with Dr. James Cornelius to discuss a painting of Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. You may view the painting in our companion video series.]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>A. Kromer,Abraham Lincoln,Adolph Kromer,Assassination,Deathbed,Painting</itunes:keywords>
	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 17, Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Painting: This month on Stories from the Vault we sit down with Dr. James Cornelius to discuss a painting of Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. You may view the painting in our companion video series.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 17, Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Painting: This month on Stories from the Vault we sit down with Dr. James Cornelius to discuss a painting of Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. You may view the painting in our companion video series.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum</itunes:author>
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		<title>Recent Revelations about the Abraham Lincoln Family</title>
		<link>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/03/revelations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/03/revelations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cornelius</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alplm.org/blog/?p=1186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both large and small new discoveries or points for debate come up nearly every month about Lincoln and his family.  Recent months have been richer than most. Moving from the small to the large, or perhaps from the amusing to the consequential, we find these four nuggets. 1. Vera Kaikobad, in the journal Medical Acupuncture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Addams and Abraham Lincoln</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/03/janeaddams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wightman Fox</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With its funds drying up, the Jane Addams Hull House Association, a social service agency in Chicago, shut its doors in January 2012 after 122 years of continuous work.  The demise of the organization that bears her name brings to mind what Jane Addams accomplished in 1889 when she created Hull House.  In doing so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories from the Vault: Mary Lincoln&#8217;s Jewelry</title>
		<link>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/02/jewelry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alplm.org/blog/2012/02/jewelry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Russell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 16, Mary Lincoln&#8217;s Jewelry: Once again, we are joined by Dr. James Cornelius to discuss artifacts from our collection. This month, we discuss pieces of Mary Lincoln&#8217;s jewelry. You may also view the jewelry by watching our companion &#8220;Stories from the Vault&#8221; video. Mary&#8217;s jewelry will be on display this summer.]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Abraham Lincoln,Diamond,Jewelry,Mary Lincoln</itunes:keywords>
	<itunes:subtitle>Episode 16, Mary Lincoln&#039;s Jewelry: Once again, we are joined by Dr. James Cornelius to discuss artifacts from our collection. This month, we discuss pieces of Mary Lincoln&#039;s jewelry. You may also view the jewelry by watching our companion &quot;Stories fro...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Episode 16, Mary Lincoln&#039;s Jewelry: Once again, we are joined by Dr. James Cornelius to discuss artifacts from our collection. This month, we discuss pieces of Mary Lincoln&#039;s jewelry. You may also view the jewelry by watching our companion &quot;Stories from the Vault&quot; video. Mary&#039;s jewelry will be on display this summer.</itunes:summary>
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