Are those stories about Mary abusive to Abraham overstated???

[Rob Wick]

I think you are right, David. That is why I wondered how in the world it got into a newspaper the very next day (if I am reading Lincoln Day-by-Day correctly). I did not mean to overstate the public nature of the comment, but I was just wondering how a reporter could have heard it.

Roger,

The quote was not in the Washington Star, but rather was in the Abraham Lincoln Quarterly article of February 1945, entitled "Lincoln at the Fair." Here is the link to the article, which cites Sandburg and Angle's book on Mary as the story's source.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/alajournals...view=image

Best
Rob