Miss Todd left at the altar

[Rob Wick]

To be honest, I've not given it much thought as to whether it happened or not. However, there are a few thoughts I have.

First, Herndon was a lot of things, but I don't think careless was one of them. I said in another thread that not only did he hear Elizabeth Edwards say it, but so did Jesse Weik, at least according to Albert J. Beveridge. I can't see that Herndon would have gotten the two sisters confused.

Second, someone was lying. Either it was Elizabeth and Ninian Edwards or it was Herndon. If it was Herndon, the obvious answer to the obvious question would be to make Mary Todd look bad, as he did with the Ann Rutledge lecture. However, it seems to me this story makes Lincoln look worse. It makes him look like someone who was supposedly betrothed and couldn't make himself go through with it--in other words, he wouldn't honor an obligation.

That said, I'm still not sure where I land.

Best
Rob