Excerpt from The Lincoln Children, Robert Todd Lincoln: Hildene; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources<br><br>Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln and brother of the late Mary Lincoln Peg Beckwith, has agreed to become Honorary Chairman of Friends of bildens. In a letter dated September 17, 1976, Mr. Beckwith wrote that he would be honored to accept the position, and he continued It is good to know that one has so many good friends working so hard to make ones sister's dream possible. It was Miss Beckwith's wish in her Will that Sildens be preserved and maintained as a memorial to her grandparents.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.