Are those stories about Mary abusive to Abraham overstated???

[David Lockmiller]

(01-11-2020 03:08 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  I am still very curious about the story of Mary's criticism of the President's speech. According to Lincoln Day-by-Day, the story of Mary's negative comment was carried the very next day, February 23, 1864, in the Washington Star. How in the world did it get into a newspaper? Can anyone possibly post the article from the February 23, 1864, edition of the Washington Star?

Roger, the main story is here.

The story is in the fifth column, halfway down, under the major heading "Local News." I read the story which goes into the sixth column, but I could not find any reference to Mary's criticism of President Lincoln's "speech" or, more precisely, his excuses for not giving a speech at the time.

Perhaps there was a separate story in another section of the day's paper.