Lincoln & Herndon

[LincolnToddFan]

(07-14-2014 07:20 AM)Gene C Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 11:47 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Well, Laurie...according to certain "experts" the engraving was not Mr. Lincoln's idea. Mary insisted that he do it.

You seem as though your a bit skeptical of the "experts", which I am in this case. IMO since we know Lincoln liked to read poetry, and even write a little, there was probably a bit of the romantic in Mr. Lincoln. Even thought they had a short engagement, they had known each other a respectful amount of time. Who knows know long they had talked privately about getting married.

Excellent point Gene, I could not agree more. In fact, in her ill-advised interview with Herndon in 1866 MTL said that her husband had "poetry in his nature".

It is a known fact that they rekindled their relationship in the summer of 1842 and were meeting in secret at least three months before the wedding. Something tells me that they didn't spend all that time discussing Whig politics!

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(07-14-2014 10:24 AM)L Verge Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 11:47 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Well, Laurie...according to certain "experts" the engraving was not Mr. Lincoln's idea. Mary insisted that he do it.

And let me guess who those "experts" are...

Laurie,

Online just this past weekend, I read the opinion of a young doctoral student at George Washington U on the Abraham/Mary relationship. This girl opined that it is a well known fact that MTL "regularly beat both her husband and children". We don't have to guess who this student's primary source is. It's just as I predicted. An entire new generation of scholars is going to be influenced by the anti-Mary rants of the neo-Herndon, and that was probably at least partially the intent all along.