Lincoln at Home by David Herbert Donald

Author:David Herbert Donald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

MARY TODD LINCOLN TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Lexington May—48—

My Dear Husband—

You will think indeed, that old age, has set its seal, upon my humble self, that in few or none of my letters, I canremember the day of the month, I must confess it as one ofmy peculiarities; I feel wearied & tired enough to know,that this is Saturday night, our babies are asleep, and asAunt Maria B[ullock] is coming in for me tomorrowmorning, I think the chances will be rather dull that Ishould answer your last letter tomorrow—I have justreceived a letter from Frances W[allace],5it related in an especial manner to THE BOX I had desired her to send,she thinks with you (as good persons generally agree) that itwould cost more than it would come to, and it might be loston the road, I rather expect she has examined the specifiedarticles, and thinks as Levi6says, they are hard bargains—But it takes so many changes to do children,particularly in summer, that I thought it might save me afew stitches—I think I will write her a few lines thisevening, directing her, not to send them—She says Willieis just recovering from another spell of sickness, Mary ornone of them were well7—Springfield she reports as dullas usual. Uncle S[amuel Todd]8was to leave there onyesterday for Ky—Our little Eddy, has recovered from hislittle spell of sickness—Dear boy, I must tell you a storyabout him—Boby in his wanderings to day, came across ina yard, a little kitten, your hobby, he says he asked a manfor it, he brought it triumphantly to the house, so soon asEddy, spied it—his tenderness, broke forth, he madethem bring it water, fed it with bread himself, with his own dear hands, he was a delighted little creature overit, in the midst of his happiness Ma came in, she you mustknow dislikes the whole cat race, I thought in a veryunfeeling manner, she ordered the servant near, to throw itout, which, of course, was done, Ed- screaming &protesting loudly against the proceeding, she never appearedto mind his screams, which were long & loud, I assureyou—Tis unusual for her now a days, to do any thingquite so striking, she is very obliging & accommodating,but if she thought any of us, were on her hands again, I believe she would be worse than ever—In the next momentshe appeared in a good humor, I know she did not intend tooffend me. By the way, she has just sent me up a glass of icecream, for which this warm evening, I am duly grateful.The country is so delightful I am going to spend two orthree weeks out there, it will doubtless benefit the children—Grandma9has received a letter from Uncle JamesParker of Miss[ouri] saying he & his family would be upby the twenty fifth of June, would remain here some littletime & go on to Philadelphia to take their oldest daughterthere to school, I believe it would be a good chance for me topack up & accompany them—You know I am so fond of sightseeing, & I did

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