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POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

July 2026
1min read


For readers who prefer to have all the strings neatly tied at the end of their romances, it should be noted that Mary Owens went back to Kentucky after refusing Abe and subsequently married and raised a family. As for Lincoln, he was soon to meet Mary Todd, whom he married in 1842.
LINCOLN’S LOST LOVE HARDING CASE CONCLUDED

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