Jonathan Katz in, "Gay American History, " first published in 1976 or so, published letters from Lincoln to his law partner that were, if not as suggestive as Walt whitman on, "adhesive love, " certainly made one think there was a possibility he was homosexual. http://hnn.us/articles/97.html Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Publish: Homophobia in Lincoln Studies? -- Michael Pugliese