The 1841 Abraham Lincoln Wedding Gift That Mary Never Saw

[RJNorton]

How much would a watch like that cost in 1841? Lincoln assumed William Berry's debt in 1835, and he was still in debt from this in 1841. As I recall, he didn't finish paying the "national debt" (as he called it) off until later in the 1840s. As far as I know, there is no record of Lincoln purchasing this watch from Chatterton's jewelry store (which is where I believe he would have purchased it IF he really did).