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

[RJNorton]

(01-12-2020 03:40 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Roger, you say that you "have trouble picturing her using this kind of language toward her husband in such a public setting." As I recall, the words were not spoken in the public situation of his speech, but rather to Lincoln and Oglesby while the party was awaiting the carriage. (I may be wrong on this point.)

I think you are right, David. That is why I wondered how in the world it got into a newspaper the very next day (if I am reading Lincoln Day-by-Day correctly). I did not mean to overstate the public nature of the comment, but I was just wondering how a reporter could have heard it.