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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 7. (search)
Chapter 7. An amusing courtship. Lincoln meets Mary S. Owens. her nature, education, and mind. Lincoln's boast. he pays his addresses. the lady's letters to Herndon. Lincoln's letters. his avowals of affection. the letter to Mrs. Browning. Miss Owens' estimate of Lincoln. Before taking up an account of Lincoln's entry into the Legislature, which, following strictly the order of time, properly belongs here, I beg to digress long enough to narrate what I have gathered relati conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason: I can never be satisfied with any one who would be blockhead enough to have me. When you receive this, write me a long yarn about something to amuse me. Give my respects to Mr. Browning. Your sincere friend, A. Lincoln. Mrs. O. H. Browning. As before mentioned Miss Owens was afterwards married and became the mother of five children. Two of her sons served in the Confederate army. She died July 4, 1877. Speaking of