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Re: [ARSCLIST] Abraham Lincoln -- recording star???
Leon Scott is "reputed" to have recorded Lincoln in the White House on his
Phonautograph.
Sam
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Jon Noring wrote:
> From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3917849.stm
>
> We find the following comment:
>
> "Rumours abound that Abraham Lincoln even made a recording
> during the Civil War in 1863."
>
> This occured well before Edison's first experiments with sound
> recording. What's the story behind this rumor?
>
> Jon Noring
>
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