“Abraham Lincoln and his friend Joshua Speed, a Springfield, Ill., shopkeeper, had a rare intimacy,” the extract reads. “The two shared Speed’s bed for years in Springfield after Lincoln t ...

What was Joshua Speed's relationship to Abraham Lincoln ... Ultimately, the question comes down to speculation. Lincoln and ...

"Abe Lincoln's few schooldays were spent at a 'blab ... In describing his possessions, 'Uncle Tom told her all about the bed he had, how it stood so high from the floor on four corner posts ...