Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

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(01-30-2018 02:23 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  I forget whether it was Ann Todd or Frances Todd, but IIRC, one of their grooms showed up late for the wedding, requiring the ceremony to be postponed. I agree with those who suggest that in her memory, Elizabeth Edwards conflated this incident with the Mary/Lincoln breakup. But "'Tis a muddle!" as Stephen in Dickens' Hard Times would say.

Susan, I think you may be referring to what Donna talks about in her post here.

I was reading a little of Joshua Speed's Reminiscences today, and although Speed mentions Lincoln's serious melancholy during the winter of 1840-1841, there is no mention of Lincoln being a no-show at his own wedding. Many historians feel Joshua Speed was Lincoln's best friend; I would think had there been a failed January 1, 1841, wedding Speed would have mentioned it in his Reminiscences.

(full title = Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Notes of a Visit to California: Two Lectures)