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Tad Lincoln in Germany
After President Lincoln’s death, Mary Todd Lincoln clung to her youngest son, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln. The mother-son duo was inseparable. Mary and Tad traveled to Europe together in late 1868 to escape the public scrutiny at home and to properly grieve. The two initially settled in Frankfurt, Germany, where Tad attended boarding school, then traveled across Great Britain. On the voyage home in May 1871, Tad contracted a cold, which led to pleurisy. Tad died in Chicago on July 15, 1871. Facing the death of a third child, Mary was inconsolable.
- Title:
- Tad Lincoln in Germany
- Creator:
- Weisbrod, F.
- Origin Date:
- 1869
- Object ID:
- LFA-0084