Mary Lincoln

biography of a marriage

by Randall, Ruth Painter; Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)

Boston · Little, Brown · 1953

Young Mary in young Springfield -- Joshua Speed's friend -- "Mind-Education-Raising" -- Broken engagement -- "I awfully forebode" -- A duel prevented but not a wedding -- "Four dollars a week" -- "Women and oxen" -- "The happiest stages of life" -- "Tears on the jury" -- In-law problems -- "Little Eddie" -- "Good neighbors" -- "Fizzle-gigs and Fire-works" -- Widening circle -- Tangled Tales and Good-by Springfield -- "Pits and Pinnacles of Change" -- "Empaneled to convict" -- Attention of the President's wife -- Further activities of the First Lady -- "Flub Dubs" with complications -- White House family -- "Furnace of affliction" -- Dark whisperings -- Telegrams -- "If he is re-elected" -- As ardent as an abolitionist -- City point -- Last ride together -- "Without him" -- Herndon lectures on Ann Rutledge -- The old-clothes scandal -- "Without Taddie": Insanity? -- "Dear Lewis."