Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[LincolnToddFan]

Henry Whitney changed his mind a lot apparently. As I mentioned a few posts up he also went on record to rhapsodize about Lincoln's "thorough" love for his wife, and how he was in a position to know because of his "intimacy" with AL while on the circuit:

"....the world does not know...how much it is indebted to her for words of cheer-of hope-of comfort and solace, when all seemed dark. Lincoln thoroughly loved his wife. I had many reasons to know this in my intimacy with him, and she therefore wrought a great influence over him". (Henry Whitney, Life on the Circuit with Lincoln pgs#110-11)

Something tells me that little blurb never made it into Burlingame's "Life"...it doesn't fit the narrative on AL's marriage that he seems determined to stick to. But there you go.

Did Henry Whitney happen to ever mention what-if anything-AL ever confided about Ann Rutledge? Anything at all?