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Spy, Diplomat, Podiatrist and Quack: The Strange Tale of Lincoln’s ‘Toenail Trimmer’

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Issachar Zacharie was Civil War Washington’s foot doctor to the stars who wheedled his way into Lincoln’s confidence and was actually sent to negotiate with the South.

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