Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln’s wife, would often write letters to the President who was located in Washington D.C. at the time. He was a busy man, of course, dealing his role in the government. During a time in 1862, Mary wrote him about many different things, which included topics that were both political and personal. This letter written to him in November of 1862 offers insight to not only their relationship as husband and wife, but as the President and the First Lady. As a married couple, one letter can only provide so much, but this does help us to understand their relationship. In the start of the letter, she seems to be smitten with him, because she mentions that she hears about him around town and that it “satisfies”
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This kind of situation can take a toll on any relationship. Even in this day an age, couples may split up because of the loss of a child. On the other side, it can bring a couple closer together and sometimes closer than before. After her son’s death, she was so heartbroken that she did not even attend Willie’s funeral, but Abraham did. She seemed to have ejected herself from the Lincoln family, as she could not bare to face Tad either. However, Abraham, too, mourned long for Willie. Although, he used his own grief to understand the grief of the country, and in a positive manner. For the Lincoln family, this weakened their relationship as husband and wife. From memoirs and letters, to diaries and newspaper, studying primary documents is essential to our learning of history. We do not know the true intentions or authentic feelings of a historical figure if we cannot read what they have read, speak words they had spoke, or feel emotions they had felt. The goal into looking through this letter was to find out information regarding the relationship between Mr. President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, and we did just that. Perhaps we can thank the past for proving us with such information that many of us forget to appreciate
This kind of situation can take a toll on any relationship. Even in this day an age, couples may split up because of the loss of a child. On the other side, it can bring a couple closer together and sometimes closer than before. After her son’s death, she was so heartbroken that she did not even attend Willie’s funeral, but Abraham did. She seemed to have ejected herself from the Lincoln family, as she could not bare to face Tad either. However, Abraham, too, mourned long for Willie. Although, he used his own grief to understand the grief of the country, and in a positive manner. For the Lincoln family, this weakened their relationship as husband and wife. From memoirs and letters, to diaries and newspaper, studying primary documents is essential to our learning of history. We do not know the true intentions or authentic feelings of a historical figure if we cannot read what they have read, speak words they had spoke, or feel emotions they had felt. The goal into looking through this letter was to find out information regarding the relationship between Mr. President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, and we did just that. Perhaps we can thank the past for proving us with such information that many of us forget to appreciate