. Abraham Lincoln before 1860 . s elegantly dressed, a lawyer anda politician. His oldest daughter, Ma-tilda, was born at Elkton. Kentucky,August 1, 1822. She was a most fasci-nating and handsome girl, tall, grace-ful, and rather reserved. She movedat ease among the social and refinedclasses at Alton. Abraham Lincoln was a frequentvisitor at her fathers house. It wason a visit to her cousin, Ninlan, thatshe formed a warm friendship withLincoln. Tradition tells us that Lln-I coin and Douglas were both In loveI with her. Matilda Edwards married Newton at Woodlawn, the countryhome of he
. Abraham Lincoln before 1860 . s elegantly dressed, a lawyer anda politician. His oldest daughter, Ma-tilda, was born at Elkton. Kentucky,August 1, 1822. She was a most fasci-nating and handsome girl, tall, grace-ful, and rather reserved. She movedat ease among the social and refinedclasses at Alton. Abraham Lincoln was a frequentvisitor at her fathers house. It wason a visit to her cousin, Ninlan, thatshe formed a warm friendship withLincoln. Tradition tells us that Lln-I coin and Douglas were both In loveI with her. Matilda Edwards married Newton at Woodlawn, the countryhome of her father near Alton. Hermarried life was of short duration, andshe had no children to bless and per-petuate her name. Somewhere amongthe records of the old court house atReading, Pennsylvania, you will findmore of the life of Newton D. Strongand of his devoted wife, Matilda, whoas a young lady, exerted a powerfulinfluence in the life of the ImmortalAbraham Lincoln. Pray believe me—Truly yours,Alice Edwards Quigley. •J, - ON. Lincolns Love LifeSadly Fascinating rX- Herndons Fragments RevealPresidents Good Fortune in PoliticsMatched by Bad Luck in Romance I By DOROt57~Bu5bXr BROMLEV. | „ Abraham Lincoln had *~±*»£%&g*Z tht^tlSeSn^rwo«U Sore attention tune and failure in love Lincolns So much ^^i^^fj1 J a satisfaction to getlove for Ann Rutledge that it is a wIne real settin. f ortt* brief »v^affair. ^^ am a letter to Herndon m> ^ when 24 _ younger brother of Anns, wn famUy m old Lincoln went to board witn ine i* ?New Salem in 1B33 Ann was then 20 a gu 1 w t^g^hair and blue eyes fne was ner ^ ••devoted to her duties of ^atever c^afamiiy andstudious, the brightest mmd of tlae y Dorothy Dunbar -possessed a «markably amiable ana ^ Bromley. sition.^ She had already ^ freyu^ , hand. William Berry and Samuel Hill na brother as (<hlgh McNamar, a young man from Ohio descnoey ^^ d ShrS^to^So *Te SSei bringing his parents to Illinoisand was detained there for several^
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