13. He held seances in the White House. Like many people of their time, the Lincolns had strong beliefs about the afterlife and periodically held seances in the White House. Their most frequent attempts were to contact the spirit of their 11-year old son, Willie, who had died shortly after the family moved into the White House. Lincoln also claimed, probably in jest, to have contacted the ghost of Henry Knox, founding father and first Secretary of War.
