This Week in History July 15, 1871 Thomas (Tad) Lincoln, youngest son of Abraham and Mary, dies in Chicago, Illinois at age 18. July 16, 1882 Lincoln's widow Mary dies in Springfield, Illinois at age 63. July 18, 1860 Lincoln writes to his running mate, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, introducing himself. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "The struggle of today, is not altogether for today -- it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved upon us." --Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861

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