23Robert

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The Lincolns had three boys, of whom two died in childhood. Willie probably succumbed to typhoid, most likely from the foul water that was piped from Washington's filthy canals to the White House. Robert lived to go to college when Lincoln sent him plaintive telegrams pleading for more communication: "Why do I hear no more of you?" Robert graduated and went on to a successful career.