Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Robert Todd Lincoln across 3 places, from 1843 to 1865.
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Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and businessman.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Todd Lincoln was documented, and when
1 August 1843exact date
Springfield, Illinoisattested“Robert Todd Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois, on August 1, 1843, to Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
September 1864month
Harvardattested“Welsh author Jan Morris wrote that Robert Lincoln, "having failed fifteen out of sixteen subjects in the Harvard entrance examination, got in at last and emerged an unsympathetic bore." After graduating from Harvard, Robert Lincoln enrol…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1865year
Chicagoattested“In late April, 1865, Robert moved to Chicago with his remaining family.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
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22 February 1867exact date
Chicagomentioned“in 1866 and became licensed as an attorney in Chicago on February 22, 1867.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1875year
Batavia, Illinoismentioned“Fearing that she was a danger to herself, he arranged to have her committed to a psychiatric hospital in Batavia, Illinois, in 1875.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
20 May 1875exact date
Batavia Institutementioned“On May 20, 1875, she arrived at Bellevue Place, a private, upscale sanitarium in the Fox River Valley.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
2 July 1881exact date
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Stationmentioned“Garfield at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
2 July 1881exact date
Washington, D.C.mentioned“Garfield at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1889 to 1893period
Great Britainmentioned“minister to Great Britain, formally to the Court of St James's, from 1889 to 1893 in the Administration of President Benjamin Harrison.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1890year
Londonmentioned“He is buried together with his wife Mary and their son Abraham II ("Jack"), who had died in London of sepsis in 1890 at age 16.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1901year
Buffalo, New Yorkmentioned“* Lincoln was at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, when President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1907year
Iowa Wesleyan Collegementioned“Donated by Mary Harlan Lincoln to Iowa Wesleyan College in 1907, it now serves as a museum containing a collection of artifacts from the Lincoln family and from Abraham Lincoln's presidency.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1907year
Iowamentioned“Donated by Mary Harlan Lincoln to Iowa Wesleyan College in 1907, it now serves as a museum containing a collection of artifacts from the Lincoln family and from Abraham Lincoln's presidency.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
1909year
Hildenementioned“A serious nonprofessional astronomer, Lincoln had an observatory built at Hildene, and a 1909 Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a six-inch John A.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
30 May 1922exact date
Washington, D.C.mentioned“His last public appearance was on May 30, 1922, at the dedication ceremony for his father's memorial in Washington, D.C.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
July 1926month
Arlington National Cemeterymentioned“His body was stored in the receiving vault at Dellwood Cemetery from July 1926 until March 1928, when arrangements were made to inter his remains at Arlington National Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
July 1926month
Dellwood Cemeterymentioned“His body was stored in the receiving vault at Dellwood Cemetery from July 1926 until March 1928, when arrangements were made to inter his remains at Arlington National Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Todd Lincoln
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