Mary Todd Lincoln

Inspired by newspaper accounts of Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address, New England Republicans asked Lincoln to speak in their states. He made a whirlwind tour, appearing in eleven cities in twelve days. Lincoln’s frustration at having to prepare at least nine different speeches during his tightly…

<p><span class="deck">Two humble memories—a brakeman‘s and a carpenter’s—bring back the human moments of a nation’s tragedy</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">The ground rules have changed drastically since 1789. Abigail Adams, stifled in her time, would have loved being First Lady today.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Clues uncovered during the recent restoration of his house at Springfield help humanize the Lincoln portrait.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">First Ladies have been under fire ever since Albert Gallatin called Abigail Adams “Mrs. President.”</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Her son had her committed. She said it was so he could get his hands on her money. Now, 130 years after this bitter and controversial drama, a trove of letters—long believed destroyed—sheds new light on it.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">New light on the tragic case of a President’s widow who saw her own son as a hated enemy</span> </span></p>

<p>The first medical report on Lincoln's assassination has been uncovered.</p>