[Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There is evidence of an Artemus Ward advertisement with a bogus
testimonial from "O. Abe" in 1863:

November 27, 1863 - Page 2
Burlington Weekly Free Press
Burlington, Vermont Friday,
Database: Newspapers.com

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
<william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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>> Bill, details of your 1870 citation would interesting, I think.
>> Garson
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> "1870s" is just what I remember from looking into it a few years ago.  Sorr=
> y, didn't record the citation.
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