The Women Lincoln Loved

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(05-18-2017 09:35 PM)Gene C Wrote:  It does show Lincoln had a normal social life, found girls attractive, pretty much a normal teenager.

Herndon said, "Lincoln had terrible strong passions for women, could scarcely keep his hands off them, and yet he had honor and strong will, and these enabled him to put out the fires of his terrible passion."

I wonder what Tripp thought of Barton's book.

Gene, I noticed you did not mention a chapter devoted to Matilda Edwards in Barton's book. I wonder why Barton did not devote a chapter to her.

According to Orville Browning:

"Mr. Lincoln became very much attached to her (Miss Matilda Edwards) and finally fell desperately in love with her, and proposed to her, but she rejected him."

"In those times I was at Mr. Edwards' a great deal, and Miss Todd used to sit down with me, and talk to me sometimes till midnight, about this affair of hers with Mr. Lincoln. In these conversations I think it came out that Mr. Lincoln had perhaps on one occasion told Miss Todd that he loved Matilda Edwards, and no doubt his conscience was greatly worked up by the supposed pain and injury which this avowal had inflicted upon her."