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47. Abraham Lincoln’s and Ann Rutledge’s Love Letters

19 min • 19 oktober 2022

In 1939, the Atlantic Monthly Magazine published never-before-seen love letters between Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, his presumed first love. Ostensibly the letters had been passed down through the family of Wilma Minor, the journalist who broke the story. 🚩 With any good story though, everything wasn’t as it seemed… Sources: Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge JOHN Y. SIMON Skip other details (including permanent urls, DOI, citation information) Volume 11, Issue 1, 1990, pp. 13-33 Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.2629860.0011.104 The Atlantic Archives February 1929 Issue Lincoln the Lover III. The Tragedy By Wilma Frances Minor