for all of the elite women, wives of politicians, and developed a very close relationship with mary lincoln. and the capelet is inscribed inside to mrs. a. lincoln, the first year of the lincoln presidency. mary lincoln would go to the shop and order 10, 15 dresses at a time. it would take the shop a few months to make those. and mary lincoln, being one of these very intelligent and ambitious women who, you know, would have been a politician on her own probably, had she lived in another era, channelled a lot of her energy into clothing and to getting photographs taken of her in the different clothes that she would have made for her. and these are two of those images. we do not have a painted portrait of mary lincoln. we only have her represented in photographs. no known portrait verifiable portrait of mary lincoln exists. so this is also one of the reasons why portrait gallery is so focused on commissioning portraits of first ladies to ensure that these kinds of omissions of fine portraiture do not happen in the future. because it's so important to have records of these women's lives, how t

there was a lot of yelling and screaming coming from the lincoln home. maryeholding a log from the fireplace. . >> the anger she feels at her father for having tuned her out then gets displaced onto lincoln. >> as the lincolns wrestle with disappointment, they are dealt another devastating blow. in december 1849, their 3-year-old son, eddie, contracts tuberculosis. >> it was 52 long days watching every single moment of his fading. and then eddie, their beloved younger son, died in february of 1850. >> the lincolns go into very deep, protracted mourning. >> lincoln was distraught. he says that if he had 20 cents, he would never get over mourning this one. mary lincoln was so distraught, she wouldn't even eat. >> she had talked about doing herself in. but the way in which many couples dealt with losing a child was by having another child. so their beloved willie was born in december of that year. >> but eddie's death continues to deepen the divide in the household. lincoln hides his graph by burying himself in work. >> and he becomes reasonably successful again

we do not have a poor painted portrait of mary lincoln. no known painted portrait verifiable, any portrait of mary lincoln exists. so you know this is also one of the reasons why the particular is so focused on commissioning portraits of first ladies to ensure that these kinds of you know emissions of high portraits do not happen in the future. it is so important to you know have records of these women's wives, their existence, how they sought themselves, how they wanted to be portrayed. so going through the ends of the 19th century first ladies. the beautiful white portrait over there on the side is cleveland. this is a partner that's part of the portrait gallery collection. it's a partner to the portrait. -- in americas presidents galleries. it's a part of the for a long time we had loan to the white house. it is nice to have it back and have it up in the building. and it is also nice to have brought this little portrait from our graphics file. this is elizabeth cleveland, who was the sister of river, cleveland and who served isis hostes

and her ambition is for him. >> mary lincoln recognized that lincoln was a diamond, but he was a diamond said that it would be both beautiful and brilliant to be daily engaged in polishing. but mary found it hard that in her very first beautiful parlor that she built, she would come in and find him on the floor with his jacket off. and when someone would ring the bell, he would go and get it without putting on his jacket, without waiting for a servant. he tried to listen to mary's entreaties about form, about etiquette, but he found it something he could laugh at as much as obey. but mary, again, was very astute politically, and she kept pushing and pushing. >> in 1846, mary pushed him to run for congress, and he won. >> when lincoln was elected to congress, mary didn't sit at home with her family, which was the custom. mary said, we're going to washington. >> in december 1847, with his wife and two children in tow, 38-year-old abraham lincoln arrives in the nation's capitol for the first time. they move into a whig boarding house. >> it was not as luxurious and commodious as it is today

there was a lot of yelling and screaming coming from the lincoln home. maryt of the house holding a log from the fireplace throwing things. she had quite a temper, and lincoln just walked out of such situations. she got even angrier. >> the anger she feels at her father for having tuned her out, then gets placed on lincoln. >> as the lincolns wrestle with resentment and disappointment, they're dealt another devastating blow. in december 1849 their 3-year-old son, eddie, contracts tuberculosis. >> it was 52 long days. watching every single moment of his fading. and then eddie, their beloved younger son, died in february of 1850. >> the lincolns go into very deep protracted mourning. >> lincoln was distraught. he says that if he had $0.20 he would never get over mourning this one. mary lincoln was so distraught she wouldn't even eat. >> she had talked about doing herself in, but the way this which many couples dealt with losing a child was by having another child, so their beloved willie was born in december of that year. >> but eddie's death continues to deepe

she is author of the definitive life of mary lincoln. along with the book stepped orders of history. so then women and the american civil war she is a frequent panelist and speaker at the lincoln forum and a of our advisory board. joining her will be the distinguished professor manisha sinha. chair in american history at the university of connecticut former professor of american history and amherst college and author of such books as the slaves cause a history of abolition for which she won the prestigious gilder lerman frederick douglass prize. leaving the discussion and also providing an unusual aspect and feature. and enactment of harriet tubman herself will be catherine harris coming to us from springfield, illinois. she is a member of the lincoln forum and the abraham lincoln presidential library in springfield. that is a member of the boards of both. and in springfield she worked for many years as the the head of the library division. for some 25 years parallel to her distinguished career as a librarian an archivist. catherine has p

mary is always lincoln's biggest booster.p in the gallery with her notebook, who was for against lincoln and who was happy or not. after the debate, she was not entirely happy. she does not come back. after the first debate, lincoln supporters said to him, for god's sake, lincoln, charge. he needed to do much better. lincoln does charge and he often use jokes. he kept this brilliant wit, one thing i appreciate about him is some of his responses. the next debate when steven douglas says he was hypocrite cal and a woman shouts out you are two-faced. lincoln says if i was two-faced, do you think i would use this one? this was a come back. he's like a club comic. he had a great comic sense and knew how to use it to get the crowd on his side. >> once lincoln begins to win over the crowds, he turns the conversation back towards policies. >> douglas has said we can resolve this problem of con flcon flicks over slavery. they call this popular sovereignty. >> to douglas it seems like the essence of democracy, let the voters decide. to

but lincoln and mary both had a political vision.w that he was building his political network, and how important that was. mary saw an opportunity in that moment as she saw lincoln rising even greater as a leader, a spokesperson. she knew her husband perhaps finally could get the senate seat he deserved. >> in 1855, lincoln runs unsuccessfully for the u.s. senate. three years later, he's determined to try again. >> in 1858, the republicans have a convention, and choose him as the nominee. and lincoln gets to address the convention. >> lincoln reads the speech to his advisers before he gives it. and they say, don't give the speech. it is too radical. >> what you've said in the opening lines is going to end your political career. >> but lincoln ignores the advice and delivers the speech as it's written. a house divided against itself cannot stand. i believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. >> words taken from the gospel. >> i do not expect the union to be dissolved. but i expect the house will cease

. >> in the course of reading the comments to mary lincoln, as she she quotes mary lincoln as warning abe lincoln not to trust andrew johnson. that he is a danger. and lincoln issues his terms for the southerners to return and gained and then the booth operation, which is a highly organized operation, and they poured a ton of none it, quarter waks by jefferson davis and robert e. lee. do you think had that operation, as sufficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson? that he would have survived? >>. >> i don't know, it is too far off. the suggestion is that johnson may have been in on this and and i don't know. >> johnson was being impeached or convicted by one vote, they tried to convict him, as i understand it, because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. and wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >> later it was. >> but it was awhile, but did was not at the time. >> only in the sense that people thought it was a bad idea later on. >> i'm not sure that i want to say this, but -- >> oh, go ahead. >> i want to respond to the que

in the course of reading -- comments, to mary lincoln, she quotes mary lincoln as warning a blinken not to trust andrew johnson. that he is a danger. and, and then lincoln issues his terms, for the southerners to return. and again, they are forgiveness if you will. and the booth operation, which is a highly organized operation, into which the confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence operation, quarterback by -- by jefferson davis -- . do you think, had that operation, as efficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would've survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. it's too far off, i don't know enough about that to make a claim, about the notion ... suggestion is is that johnson may have been in on this. he was targeted, but he really was not targeted. i don't know. >> okay. johnson lost being impeached or convicted by one vote. they tried to convict him, as i understand it, because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. and, wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >>

in the course of reading checks lee's comments to mary lincoln, she quote mary lincoln as warning eva lincoln not to trust andrew johnson. that he's a danger. and, then lincoln issues his terms for the southerners to return and gain their forgiveness if you will, and then the booth operation, which is a highly organized operation into which the confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence -- quarterback by jefferson davis, robert e. lee, do you think that had that operation, that's efficient as a, was intended to kill andrew johnson, he would've survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far off and i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that. because the suggestion that johnson was in on, this he was targeted but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> johnson lost being impeached or being convicted by one vote and they tried to convict him, as i understand it because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. wasn't that considered unconstitution

and lincoln beg them not to let mary know that fact. that's right. so he thought lincoln dismiss it as though this sort of wayward shot, but they were very very lax about this fact, then it's it's mind-blowing almost. for those attendees who are interested in the kidnapping. we actually have a photograph of the handcuffs that john wilkes booth owned in the current issue of the lincoln forum bulletin, so when you get your fall 2020 issue in the mail, you'll see a picture of those one last question about booth this comes from robert frost, and he said he'd never heard a historian doubt that it's booth in the photograph before. can you speak a little bit to why you doubt that that booth in the photograph at the inauguration? oh, well, i'm not an expert in that but i i mean looking at it. he doesn't look to me to be booth, but possibly i may have parted his hair the wrong way. i don't know this this is discussions about this among people who are far more qualified i am but i i would tend to doubt that particular person was him. i think there's somebody el

named william wood who later appeared to be a pretty dangerous member of lincoln's entourage he was bribe he later was bribing mary todd lincoln with expensive gifts and seeking favors and may have been in cahoots with people who wanted to harm lincoln. so even with all seward and weeds preparation. they found a guy who was kind of suspicious. yeah. this is a follow sort of a follow-up question that comes from mark kevitt, and he said he prefaced his question by saying he really enjoyed the book. and he asked who within lincoln circle and this might be wood or others was responsible for the logistics and the planning of the trip things like changing trains or arranging meals or speaking at the different state legislatures, but that's a great question. that's the kind of thing. i i don't again. i don't want to use the word waste but i slowed down and say got into the minutiae of train travel in 1861. and fortunately there are a lot of great. books and manuscripts that have been preserved in libraries because the train was such an exciting thing to americans in the middle of the 19th century and and i believe it was

just fascinating biographies of james buchanan, of mary todd lincoln, of marcus anger. tonight she'll talk to us about her latest book "building america: the life of benjamin henry latrobe." dr. baker will be joined in conversation not by me tonight but by my esteemed colleague doctor susan schoelwer, mount vernon estate executive director of the stork preservation and collections and the robert smith curator. we will hand things off you and excited to watch to watch this and learn more about this. i'll put everything in advance. take care, have a great evening everyone. i will see you another time. susan, thanks so much. >> thank you, kevin, and thank you to all of those who are joining us. gene, it's wonderful to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> i'm really excited about this. i think benjamin henry latrobe is one of those important figure some early america that i have really know that much about and perhaps that's true of many of our audience as well. kevin mentioned several of the previous books you have written on a variety of topics and they don't necess

just fascinating biographies of james buchanan, of mary todd lincoln, of marcus anger.t she'll talk to us about her latest book "building america: the life of benjamin henry latrobe." dr. baker will be joined in converon

lincoln's life and legacy. behind me his final resting place. his wife maryjoin us as we launch our new series "lincoln: dwidivided we stand" premier february 14th. >> thank you. and, yes, tune in to the all-new original series "lincoln: divided we stand," premieres tonight at 10:00 p.m. only here on cnn. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. ♪ ♪ victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> you are waking up looking at the capitol there and the second impeachment trial of donald trump over. the debate over accountability for the capitol hill insurrection though and how the g.o.p. handles the former president moving forward, that's still an open case. >> 43 senators voted to acquit the former president after a five-day trial. seven republicans joined all 50 democrats to vote guilty. this was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in history, b

mary from dc. was there a hospital for wounded soldiers, and did lincoln visit those veterans while he was staying there. >> if any of you are particular with dc and you heard of something called the old sold juries home, that is us, that predates lincoln coming to visit the cottage. it was built for josh rigs that lived there for about ten years and owned more than 200 acres of land. and the government was looking to start a retirement home for the soldiers. it invited the lincolns to come and stay at the cottage. that retirement home had about 100 residents while they were staying at the cottage. there was several hospitals kind of near the cottage in northeast dc as well, but this institution on the grounds of which the cottages is not and has never been a hospital. this is a retirement home for veterans. some of them have been discharged but it is not a hospital facility. i think at least one world war two veteran. >> we will go to clare for the next question. is it original and are the furnishings inside original? >> it is and it was used for many years as a recreate. so it was updated at tha

lincoln single-handedly drove his destiny with ambition, intelligence, humor. >> he used wit and comedy at his own expense to connect with people. >> that's partially true. but by all accounts, his wife maryesident so loved and remembered. facts, myths, legends and all. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> lincoln divided, we stand aires tomorrow night at 10:00 right here on cnn. >>> a texas mayor's frustration with the lack of water in his city is prompting action after he called out a water company live right here on cnn. here is how maynard, texas mayor larry wallace describe the situation earlier today. >> one last thing i'd love to ask is if i can hear something from aqua america i haven't heard from you all week. i have 2,600 people without water. >> all right. ac wau america is also aqua, texas. they responded writing in part, we are transporting semi trucks of bottled wear from outside the state. we will be coordinating distribution for the customers. we will have bottled water available in briar creek, which is the subdivision of mainer, by this evening. we are working with local officials to determine and set up a safe distribution location. so in that statement the company also sa

mary had given birth to their little boy, willie, but he writes down a small paragraph that he once read to his father on his deathbed. these are the last words that lincoln wants spoken to his father. i sincerely hope that father may recover his health, but in all of this, tell him to remember to call upon and confide in our great and merciful and good maker, who will not turn away from him in any extremity. he knows the fall of the sparrow and numbers the hairs of our head. and he will not forget the dying man who puts his faith in him." some pretty religious words from abraham lincoln, who is p know that he has not exactly the most orthodox religious views. but of course, as mr. lincoln matures, his religious views become more mature as well. those words that he wants read to his father come from the gospels. abraham lincoln was certainly an individual who knew his bible very well, but i think it is significant that he chooses those religious words that he read to his father on his deathbed because he knew that his father was a religious man. his father did die from that illness. abraham lincoln did not visit him on his deathbed. he did not visit his f

lincoln. and a sergeant, recipient of the medal of honor during the civil war. and mary did all of these headstones from a cemetery 60 miles upriver in washington, d.c. end up here? about 60 years ago, that cemetery was sold, and all of those headstoneswere either sold or given away as scrap. a previous owner here bought truckloads of them to shore up this river bank. today there is a metro station where the headstones once stood. the only recognition? a plaque that reads: "many distinguished black citizens, including civil war veterans, were buried in this cemetery. these bodies now rest in the new national harmony memorial park in maryland." but most were reburied without headstones, so the precise locations of the bodies are lost forever. >> it's an ugly thing. and it's ugly because cemeteries are a mark of humanity. >> reporter: professor michael blakey, director of the institute for historical biology at william and mary said there is a long history in america of what he calls dehumanization of black cemeteries. >> it is karba casual, the kind of disregard. >> repor

lincoln single-handedly drove his destiny with ambition, intelligence, humor. >> he used wit and comedy at his own expense to connect with people. >> reporter: that's partially true. but by all accounts his wife mary become the president so loved and remembered. facts, myths, legends, and all. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> be sure to tune in for a new episode that premieres tonight at 10:00 only right here on cnn. >>> thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. i'm erica hill in new york. my colleague pamela brown picks up cnn's coverage after a brqui break. have a great night. meet whitney and jane. -hi! -hey! they're always sharing tips on ways to save money and make life a little easier. cvs carepass... it's my savings secret. love. carepass members get 20% off cvs health brand products. whoaa! did you use all the bandaids? members also get free 1-2 day shipping... oh cool. plus, a $10 monthly promo reward to spend on anything... even nail polish? ...all for $5/month. thanks for sharing! join carepass today and get a $10 monthly reward as a thank you. cvs. healthier made easier. tempur-pedic's mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. so, no more tossing and turning. because only

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