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Tell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.

Mary Todd Lincoln

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Mary Todd Lincoln
Age: 63 †
Born: 1818
Born: December 13
Died: 1882
Died: July 16
First Lady
Former First Lady Of The United States
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Lexington
Kentucky
Mary Ann Lincoln
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