Abraham Lincoln's Relationship

In this paper I will be discussing Abraham Lincoln’s relationship/marriage with Mary Todd Lincoln. It is somewhat debated whether or not their marriage was a business deal or if it was really true love. The reason this is heavily debated is because at one point in their engagement, they broke it off. Then all of a sudden they decided to work things out and get back together and get married. So in this paper I will give background information on both Abraham and Mary and correspondence between the two. I personally think that they are in love, but back in that time they just had different ways about things.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln was born to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln. Lincoln had one
Her parents were Elizabeth Parker and Robert Smith Todd. Shortly after Mary was born her and her family moved to Springfield, Illinois. For her time, Mary was considered a very well educated girl. She studied at an academy and even went to a boarding school. Mary was the fourth child out of seven. Mary growing up didn’t have to worry about much because her family had money. Mary’s extended amount of education was odd for that time because not many women were educated to that extent. Before marriage she didn’t have to work because she was provided for very
But like it states in the letter he was very devoted to his job so he had to do what he had to do and he always made sure Mary and the children were well provided for. When Abraham was assassinated in 1875 she was devastated. She also wasn’t aware that she awaited a trial for the murder of her husband. Mary had been known to take large doses of chloral hydrate for insomnia. Mary believed that she had a brain disorder that made her kind of crazy. But with her losing a child and then her husband being shot you can’t really blame her for being crazy. She had a lot of heartbreak in her life and I think the saddest part about it all was that she was highly educated but at the same time almost mad. My conclusion to this paper would be that Mary and Lincoln were in love. They had a difficult love and Lincoln was often gone tied up in work but he always made sure Mary and his children were well taken care of. There were times when Lincoln questioned his love for her but they always seemed to pull through and work together. Through their “break” then into Lincoln’s political career. They definitely live up to the quote “Teamwork makes the dream work” and they were definitely good at