Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 435
hough as poor as a church mouse, wasquite as welcome anywhere as the men whowore ruffled shirts and could carry goldwatches. Miss Todd soon singled out andheld the admiration of such of the Springfieldbeaux as pleased her somewhat wilful fancy,and Lincoln, being much at the Edwardshouse, found… … THE HOUSE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS MARRIED. Into the midst of this gaiety came MaryTodd of Kentucky, twenty-one years old,handsome, accomplished, and witty— a dash-ing and fascinating figure in dress and conver-sation. She was the sister of Mrs. Ninian W.Edwards, whose husband was a…
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