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how have is mary lincoln in the room? i said, mary lincoln was an imperious woman. she she took no guff from anyone. she was willful. mary lincoln would into that room unannounced and interrupt lincoln and stanton just start speaking as they're discussing how to end the war and she wants robert to be exempt from military service. she doesn't want him to join the army. oh, the sons of ours have died. you've got to save them. and so lily walks into the room. is mary lincoln and just interrupts her husband, the secretary of war, and makes her demands just as the real mary lincoln would have done. and there's another wonderful scene where hamish and tobias are discussing how the war should be ended. and they're playing and they're playing lincoln and sam, and they're on costume. we're about to film the scene and i watch it. and tobias and haymitch play it at different levels of intensity and intellectual conversation of how should we end the war what should we do with the confederates? and then a more emotional conversation of their traitors? stanton says they have to b
how have is mary lincoln in the room? i said, mary lincoln was an imperious woman. she she took no guff from anyone. she was willful. mary lincoln would into that room unannounced and interrupt lincoln and stanton just start speaking as they're discussing how to end the war and she wants robert to be exempt from military service. she doesn't want him to join the army. oh, the sons of ours have died. you've got to save them. and so lily walks into the room. is mary lincoln and just interrupts...
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lincoln, who had come from a slaveholding family that some of her family fought for the south. but mary saw the horrors of slavery, and many of her family members did free their enslaved workers. mary seamstress elizabeth keckley was a free african american and she informed mary of the plight of many of the former enslaved workers who were fleeing to the north during the civil war and that they were living in poverty. they were starving. and mary personally gave hundreds of dollars of her own money to those individuals to keep them fed and clothed. and she also wrote letters on behalf of some of these freed slaves for government positions, including for elizabeth keckley. between the civil war and eleanor roosevelt, who really was the first lady who took so many stances on this issue, there was lucy hayes, who you just heard about in a recent op ed white house history happy hour. lizzie hayes was known for her temperance stance, but she was also an abolitionist and had been an abolitionist early on in addition to being a suffragist. and she encouraged her husband before the whi
lincoln, who had come from a slaveholding family that some of her family fought for the south. but mary saw the horrors of slavery, and many of her family members did free their enslaved workers. mary seamstress elizabeth keckley was a free african american and she informed mary of the plight of many of the former enslaved workers who were fleeing to the north during the civil war and that they were living in poverty. they were starving. and mary personally gave hundreds of dollars of her own...
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lincoln in one of the rooms downstairs, was in the white house. and on one of these occasions he brought a petition offering the of men from upstate new york calling themselves the fremont. and they wanted lincoln to accept them into the army, which eventually they did. and so that's the next letter that we'll hear now. our next excerpt. poughkeepsie february 28th, 1863. your excellency. mr. president, we sons of freedom. take the liberty of addressing you, thanking for proclaiming liberty to suffering millions of our oppressed fellow countrymen whose groans have ascended to that god, who is our refuge and help in times of trouble. we prayed for a deliver the likened unto moses, believing that our prayer has been and that god has raised your excellency as a deliverer and a land by which our feet are guided into the path of glory. of liberty. the of human liberty. formidable to tyrants and dear to the oppressed. throughout the world, containing the elements of immortal sublime is heaven, and its far reaching as eternity, embracing every interest th
lincoln in one of the rooms downstairs, was in the white house. and on one of these occasions he brought a petition offering the of men from upstate new york calling themselves the fremont. and they wanted lincoln to accept them into the army, which eventually they did. and so that's the next letter that we'll hear now. our next excerpt. poughkeepsie february 28th, 1863. your excellency. mr. president, we sons of freedom. take the liberty of addressing you, thanking for proclaiming liberty to...
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now lincoln, for example, and and mary todd, what's his name? oh, i think that was the majority actually did starting with washington martha was the wealthiest widow in virginia and that was certainly was part of her appeal. and in fact, it was she had her her plantation was called the white house. that interesting little tidbit. but she was very well like the adams abigail's family. he was a he was a of a pastor and he came from farmers. they didn't definitely father. her father was the pastor. and in fact, married the two. the mother didn't approve of him. there's really many cases like that. very few did they marry down? and i guess that's a sign of the perhaps of the ambition to start out with, because you can use a i mean, look at how many were helped by the wives making money. i mean, mrs. lbj's wife had all made all that money in the tv and the radio station, and he couldn't have, you know, he couldn't have run all those campaigns with them. and abigail took care of the farm and did different things to back his his career. anyway, that wa
now lincoln, for example, and and mary todd, what's his name? oh, i think that was the majority actually did starting with washington martha was the wealthiest widow in virginia and that was certainly was part of her appeal. and in fact, it was she had her her plantation was called the white house. that interesting little tidbit. but she was very well like the adams abigail's family. he was a he was a of a pastor and he came from farmers. they didn't definitely father. her father was the...
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lincoln said, given my name i'm certainly not going to give mary's name. by the way, they got married right after this. i think it did a world of good for his love life. shields challenged lincoln, a duel. they went off to bloody ireland, where dueling was legal because it was technically missouri as a challenge party. lincoln gets to choose weapons, so he chooses broad swords and then takes a few practice swings on low hanging branches of trees, shearing them off with a single swipe. so that's when shields said, maybe we should just forget about this. this whole thing. but lincoln never talks about it again. it is not a funny incident in his life in when someone mentions that years later in the white as he says, if you want to be my friend, don't ever mention that in my presence he recruits shields. i mean shields eventually, none of these men get have military records, i might add. although the irish became more and more proficient and more and more celebrated, the war went on, but think he had to swallow his pride and his bring up dredge up a episode he
lincoln said, given my name i'm certainly not going to give mary's name. by the way, they got married right after this. i think it did a world of good for his love life. shields challenged lincoln, a duel. they went off to bloody ireland, where dueling was legal because it was technically missouri as a challenge party. lincoln gets to choose weapons, so he chooses broad swords and then takes a few practice swings on low hanging branches of trees, shearing them off with a single swipe. so that's...
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his the speech that mortified mary was a rarity. and in the months of his transition from president elect to the presidency, lincoln adapted, something we will never see again. public silence masterly inactivity, which is his way saying i have said all i need to say. read my debates with douglas. read the cooper union address. and i think his superior of silence made everything that came after not just one funny speeches at railroad stations along the inaugural journey, but the first inaugural address, extreme, powerful and just just bring up a point we made about his speaking in court. those weren't extemporaneous either. he very meticulously studied the other sides position. and this was one of the real strengths of lincoln i think he he this uncanny ability to understand what the other side saying and to not blow it off or say, oh, they're, you know, they're full of it, whatever he would he would try to understa what they're saying what their best argument is. and then he would craft argument around that. but, you know, boy, in t
his the speech that mortified mary was a rarity. and in the months of his transition from president elect to the presidency, lincoln adapted, something we will never see again. public silence masterly inactivity, which is his way saying i have said all i need to say. read my debates with douglas. read the cooper union address. and i think his superior of silence made everything that came after not just one funny speeches at railroad stations along the inaugural journey, but the first inaugural...
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and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's this tall, ugly guy and she's talking about, i think this guy can be president, is everybody. what? but but sure enough, she knew what she was talking about. but but she was always creating personal problems. she had more enemies and friends. none of the women liked her. and lincoln refused to get bogged down on all of her inter interpersonal discord that could have easily bogged down somebody else. but he just stayed above it. he wasn't going to get into the ditch with her or with mcclellan or with the cabinet or with the soldiers or with the confederates and anybody can consistently stay the fray and take the high road. you're your particularly in a situation where over seven or 50,000 people have died in the civil war. he's lost his beloved 11 year old son. the grief that came him, nonetheless, he stayed it all no m
and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's this tall, ugly guy and she's talking about, i think this guy can be president, is everybody. what? but but sure enough, she knew what she was talking about. but but she was always creating personal problems. she had more enemies and...