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The accepted history of Lincoln’s love life is that he was awkward with women, but eventually courted and married Mary Todd Lincoln, and had four sons, three of whom died young.
Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.
The play follows a miserable Mary Todd Lincoln, an alcoholic aspiring cabaret singer, in the weeks leading up to the 16th president’s assassination.
Kumail Nanjiani and Michael Urie will join the Broadway company of “Oh, Mary” as Mary’s Husband (if you know, you know) and Mary’s Teacher, respectively. They’ll join “Drag Race ...
Oh, Mary! is a comedic play about wannabe-cabaret-performer Mary Todd Lincoln in the days leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Escola originated the role of Mary Todd and wrote the play.
Bloody Mary: A Graphic Biography of Mary Tudor Kristina Gehrmann, trans. from the German by Ivanka Hahnenberger and Elowyn Castle. Andrews McMeel, $22.99 (336p) ISBN 979-8-8816-0026-6 ...
Sabrina Carpenter and Charisma Carpenter might share a surname, but their family trees have different branches. Find out ...
Duke Ellington’s birth certificate, Frederick Douglass’s will, and other documents in the DC archives are in a building that once was a stable.
Object Details author Thomas, Benjamin Platt 1902-1956 Contents The short and simple annals of the poor -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator: his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- ...
Object Details Author Nagel, Susan 1954- Subject Ferguson, Mary Nisbet 1777-1855 Elgin, Thomas Bruce Earl of 1766-1841 Marriage Notes Maps on end papers. Contents Launches from a safe harbor -- New ...
Lincoln’s personal secretary and future Secretary of State John Hay, future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and even Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s eldest son, all ...