. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . essed, brutally derogatory to the young wo-mans personal appearance and parts. Lamon speaksof its defective spelling, but there are only one or twomisspelled words in it, and these, likely enough,
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . essed, brutally derogatory to the young wo-mans personal appearance and parts. Lamon speaksof its defective spelling, but there are only one or twomisspelled words in it, and these, likely enough, by acci-dent. Lincoln was evidently mortified by his rejectionand ignobly attempted to represent to Mrs. Browning(the wife of his new-found legislative friend), that the ob-ject of his affections had been unworthy of them. It was not two years (1839) before another Springfield MISCELLANEOUS. 269 matron, Mrs Ninian W. Edwards, had a Kentucky sisterto live with her, Mary Todd, daughter of Robert , of Lexington. Miss Todd was of distinguishedfamily in both States, her mother had died young, andshe had been educated by a French lady. She had akeen sense of the ridiculous, was sharp, ambitious, high-tempered; according to Lamon, high-bred, proud, bril-liant, witty, and with a will that bent everyone else toher purpose, she took Lincoln captive the moment sheconsidered it expedient to do She was ambitious to be the wife of a president, andwas courted by Douglas until she dismissed him for hisbad morals. She said of one of her mates who had mar-ried a wealthy old gentleman, I would rather marry agood man, a man of mind, with hope and bright pros-pects ahead for position, fame and power, than to marryall the horses, gold and bones in the world. Lincoln and Miss Todd became engaged, though apretty sister of Edwards, came near shipwrecking thismatch. Pretty girls must have been distressingly thick in thosedays, when Kentucky was sending her best blood into II- 2jo Lincolns sto
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