What began as a friendship between Ann and Abraham [Lincoln] turned at some point into romance. They shared an understanding, according to friends, that they would marry after Ann completed her studies at the Female Academy in Jacksonville.
Ann was only twenty-two in the summer of 1835. While New Salem sweltered through one of the hottest summers in the history of the state, a deadly fever, possibly typhoid, spread through the town. Ann, as well as several of Lincoln's friends, perished in the epidemic. After Ann's death, Abraham seemed "indifferent, to transpiring events," one neighbor recalled, "had but Little to say, but would take his gun and wander off in the woods by him self." Elizabeth Abell, a New Salem neighbor who had become a surrogate mother to Lincoln, claimed she had "never seen a man mourn for a companion than he did." His melancholy deepened on dark and gloomy days, for he could never "be reconcile[d]," he said, "to have the snow—rains and storms to beat on her grave." Acquaintances feared that he had become "temporarily deranged," and that unless he pulled himself together, "reason would desert her throne."
goddamn. fuckin bleak period in mr sixteenth president's life
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btw eebie in my dream last night i was shot and as i was bleeding out i posted on the asphalt “eebie i love you more than a friend” even though wed gotten married already. anywaya justt thoughr i should tell u hehe ^_^
hehe this is the first thing that popped in2 my head ... i would do this 2 if i got shot on asphalt id be like Skenpiel i think i love u more than a friend ...! lets get real life married the real deal style At the altar and kiss passionate and full of love and then we'll have a mil;lion trillion babies and liv ehappily ever after in true yuri love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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felipe is so boyfriend shaped it will be fun to see him officially in his boyfriend era
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