WTF? Now we can't even trust historians...

[Uncle Pervey]

Archives: historian tampered with Lincoln pardon

This ought to interest the Mullet! The good news is they pulled the fukker library card!

Archives: historian tampered with Lincoln pardon - Yahoo! News

Go to the article it has a picture of the altered document. Even a retard like me can tell it was changed. Sheeese, what a turd!

By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Matthew Barakat, Associated Press – Mon Jan 24, 4:24 pm ET
McLEAN, Va. –
The National Archives says a longtime Abraham Lincoln researcher has been caught telling a big lie about Honest Abe.

The Archives said Monday that historian Thomas P. Lowry, 78, of Woodbridge, has acknowledged that he used a fountain pen with special ink to change the date on a presidential pardon issued by Lincoln to a military deserter, making it appear that Lowry had uncovered a document of historical significance.

AP/National Archives

Specifically, Lowry changed the date of the pardon from April 14, 1864 to April 14, 1865. The Archive said the change made it look as if Lowry had discovered a document that was perhaps Lincoln's final official act before he was assassinated that evening at Ford's Theatre.

Lowry's purported discovery was hailed by historians when he came forward in 1998. At the time, a Civil War expert with the Archives said Lowry had made "a unique and substantial contribution to Lincoln research and to the study of the Civil War."

The National Archives gave the document prominent display, putting it on tour along with other important Lincoln documents.

But for several years, archivist Thomas Plante had been troubled by the document. The '5' appeared to be darker than the rest of the document and was perhaps covering another number. Plante then checked the document against an authoritative collection of Lincoln's writings, which showed the pardon of a Union Army deserter named Patrick Murphy had occurred in 1864. At that point, Plante took his concerns to the Archives' Office of Inspector General, where an investigator shared Plante's suspicions.

The Archives said it then contacted Lowry to try and determine what happened.

After initially refusing to speak with them, Lowry confessed to the Archives earlier this month to changing the date while he reviewed the documents in an Archives reading room in Washington to which historians and other members of the public enjoy access, officials said. He told the Archives he did it so it would appear that he had uncovered a historically significant document.

Calls to Lowry, a retired psychiatrist and a historian who has written numerous books on the Civil War, were not returned Monday. Over the past 15 years he has written books on sexual misbehavior in the Civil War and wartime bawdy houses in the Washington area, as well as works on Lincoln and military justice.

Archives spokeswoman Susan Cooper said tampering with a document is a federal crime and that the Archives referred the case earlier this month to the Justice Department for prosecution. But she said officials were told that the statute of limitations had expired so Lowry could not be prosecuted.

The Archives has banned Lowry from its facilities.

Cooper said the archives is trying to determine if the document can be restored. While Cooper said that any document with Abraham Lincoln's signature is significant, the document "becomes one of many pardons that Lincoln signed."

[thkauffman]

What an ass. Can we hang him in a public square somewhere?

[Sleestak]

Well his cushy little job just disappeared.

[longhorn341]

Originally Posted by Sleestak

Well his cushy little job just disappeared.

Dude is 78 ---- not like he was gonna be there much longer anyway

[Knooger]

I'll always be 1865 as far as I am concerned. Those narc bitches can suck it.

[C5SilverBullet]

HA! That mother f'ker. I looked at that document when I was writing my final presentation my sr year at USI. I said in that presentation that I thought that document had been forged.

I'm emailing my professor right now!

[Exotix]

This is nothing ... just listen to Michelle Bachmann tonight give the (R) / Tea Party SOTU address rebuttal ... she just gave a lengthy speech (I believe it was called Slavery and History) at a conservative forum on how the Founding Fathers actually ended slavery ...

[C5SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by Exotix

This is nothing ... just listen to Michelle Bachmann tonight give the (R) / Tea Party SOTU address rebuttal ... she just gave a lengthy speech (I believe it was called Slavery and History) at a conservative forum on how the Founding Fathers actually ended slavery ...

The Founding Fathers referred to slavery as, "it is like holding a wolf by the ears, you know it is a bad idea, but you cannot let go."

[Exotix]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

The Founding Fathers referred to slavery as, "it is like holding a wolf by the ears, you know it is a bad idea, but you cannot let go."

Even more hilarious are the congressional (R)'s already coming out and *revisiting* history in having to defend her ... I suggest this is on track from what we've seen with the GOP 2012 POTUS candidacy ...

[C5SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by Exotix

Even more hilarious are the congressional (R)'s already coming out and *revisiting* history in having to defend her ... I suggest this is on track from what we've seen with the GOP 2012 POTUS candidacy ...

She needs to look at the Constitution a little closer. It is in black and white, January 31st the 13th Amendment was ratified...officially ending slavery.

[MattW]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

The Founding Fathers referred to slavery as, "it is like holding a wolf by the ears, you know it is a bad idea, but you cannot let go."

Buncha pussies. It's easy. You let go, and then you kill the freaking wolf with your bare hands.

[Scissors]

A historian living in Hoodbridge...er... Woodbridge? That explains it.

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by Scissors

A historian living in Hoodbridge...er... Woodbridge? That explains it.

Dale Shitty would be believable...

BTW he is now saying he was coerced into confessing; he didn't do it