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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.
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.
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and physical ailments. She died in 1882 at the age of 63.
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 ...
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