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A recently discovered missive written by erstwhile first woman Mary Todd Lincoln shows a broadside of her that is seldom seen, an writer and humanities archive master told FOX Business.
The missive is addressed to George Harrington; his descendants reportedly recovered it successful their family archives. At nan time, Harrington was adjunct caput of nan Treasury.
In nan letter, Mrs. Lincoln was trying to get a Treasury Department job for a woman, which Nathan Raab told FOX Business was very different for a female during that clip period.
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"It's singular to spot her moving wrong nan discourse of nan authorities during nan Civil War, moving to get women progressive successful nan warfare effort and authorities while we were fighting nan Confederacy," Raab said successful a telephone question and reply astir Mrs. Lincoln.
Raab is president of The Raab Collection, a patient that sells humanities documents, and is nan writer of "The Hunt for History." He's located successful Philadelphia.
The letter, believed to beryllium from 1864, shows erstwhile first woman Mary Todd Lincoln engaged successful an effort to find a occupation successful nan Treasury Dept. for an unnamed woman. (Courtesy of The Raab Collection / Fox News)
The Raab Collection is selling Lincoln's missive for $15,000.
The missive is believed to beryllium from 1864.
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In nan letter, Mary Todd Lincoln asks Harrington if she tin propose a caller personification to prosecute for a domiciled astatine nan Treasury, arsenic nan original personification "has not acted worthily."
Mary Todd Lincoln, right, was nan woman of President Abraham Lincoln. A recently discovered missive from her shows a different broadside of her than what's usually seen, an writer told FOX Business. (Stock Montage/Getty Images / Getty Images)
"I americium judge it will beryllium an unimportant matter to you, and your compliance will gratify me," wrote Mrs. Lincoln.
The personification referred to successful nan missive is unknown; it's besides chartless if nan personification was ever hired by nan Treasury, Raab told FOX Business.
"Something astir this missive feels lukewarm and touching."
"I deliberation [it's] much from nan position of, well, here she is down nan scenes moving connected behalf of women, plural," he said.
"It shows that she had a accuracy of helping employment women successful nan warfare effort and successful her husband's administration."
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Further, nan missive goes against nan thought that Mrs. Lincoln was aloof and unfeeling, said Raab.
"Something astir this missive feels lukewarm and touching," he said. "It brings retired a broadside of her that I'm not judge I had realized," he said.
The missive provides caller penetration into Mrs. Lincoln's personality, said an master successful humanities documents. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Normally, "we spot Mary Todd Lincoln done nan lens of Abraham," said Raab.
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This letter, he said, "gives her ain perspective."
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"And we tin spot what she was doing, not conscionable her commenting connected what nan president was doing," said Raab.
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