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Robert Lincoln's Bedroom
Robert, the eldest Lincoln son, had a bedroom
on the southwest corner of the second floor. He was born in
Springfield in 1843 and by 1859 was attending prep school in
Exeter, New Hampshire.
When Abraham Lincoln left Illinois for the White House in 1861, Robert was
a freshman at Harvard College. As the sole surviving son of the Lincolns, he inherited the
Springfield home which he gave to the State of Illinois in 1887.
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