Criticized for being a spendthrift and dismissed as hysterical, Mary Lincoln’s time as first lady and her role in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency remains divisive to this day. Mercurial and vain ...

In a May 29, 1862, letter to a Mrs. John C. Sprigg, Lincoln apologized for her delayed response, noting that her “sadness & ill health” had prevented her from replying sooner.

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press.

On February 20, 1862, 11-year-old Willie Lincoln died in the White House after battling typhoid fever for weeks. The boy’s death devastated both his parents, but Mary Todd Lincoln’s grief was ...

Lincoln’s letters to Mary indicate an uneasy courtship. ... Widowed in 1862, she died on July 4, 1877. Lincoln, meanwhile, met Mary Todd in 1839 and married her three years later.

Mary watched her husband age under the strain,” the websites states. In 1862, her 11-year-old son died from typhoid fever. Three years later, her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, was ...

Guests can visit with Mrs. Lincoln, watch a magic show like one held in the Lincoln White House, learn to play marbles, and enjoy other activities inspired by those of Mary, Abraham, and their sons.

Lincoln had the black silk mourning band added in remembrance of his son Willie, who had died in 1862. No one knows when he obtained the hat or how often he wore it. ... With permission from Mary ...