[DOC] [TLE] "Overwhelming Evidence" of a Lincoln-Ann Rutledge Romance ... [PAR] There has been a persistent tradition that Ann Rutledge was the great love of ... 
and Ann from New Salem-era people who personally knew both parties: the ... [
13] There is no need or space here to describe the histrionic way he did it, ... that 
Lincoln and Ann not only were in love, but were actually engaged to be married. [
20]. [DOC] [TLE] The Ann Rutledge Story: Case Closed? - University of Michigan [PAR] But he concedes that some of the informants either had not yet been born or ... 
there is no truth in the story about Lincoln being engaged to Ann Rutledge. .... if 
any, knew about the understanding between Lincoln and Ann until after her 
death. ... they never discussed a love affair between Ann and their good mutual 
friend. [DOC] [TLE] History News Network | Did Lincoln Love Ann Rutledge or Not? [PAR] Apr 17, 2005 ... But the character and weight of the evidence ultimately show that this ... a good 
house keeper, with a moderate education, and without any of the so called 
accomplishments.5 But there was wide agreement that Ann Rutledge was bright, 
... of affairs he knew at first hand and is referring to Ann's engagement... [DOC] [TLE] Ann Rutledge in American Memory: Social ... - Barry Schwartz Online [PAR] Sep 8, 2006 ... the twentieth century, that of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge .... William 
Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, knew about these, and soon after ... Oh, yes, she 
understood now! .... love with her for the rest of his life was a great truth that could 
not be ... there would never be conclusive proof, but he insisted that... [DOC] [TLE] March 29, 1998 - Booknotes :: Watch [PAR] And learn the truth about Lincoln's first and tragic love affair with Ann Rutledge. "
Illuminating not only in what it says about Lincoln but about how history gets... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln and Ann Rutledge - Abraham Lincoln [PAR] She claimed to have seen Lincoln looking sad; but she didn't herself see Lincoln 
... [A]ccording to Ann's sister Nancy, 'he [Lincoln] declared his love and was .... 
There is no real reason to believe that Lincoln and Mary did not enjoy ..... that the 
smoking-gun proof for a love affair was Lincoln's great grief. But... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Jefferson And Maria Cosway | American History Lives at ... [PAR] This love affair could easily have changed Jefferson's life so drastically that the ... 
There the newly married couple began a series of lavish entertainments. ... She 
was not so taken with him as he was with her, but still was profoundly impressed. 
The Virginian was an important and famous public figure, ruggedly mature at... [DOC] [TLE] The Shadows Rise: Abraham Lincoln and the Ann Rutledge Legend [PAR] Editorial Reviews. From Library Journal. Reviewing the writings of Lincoln 
scholars Albert ... Walsh recreates Lincoln's affair with Ann Rutledge, his first love
. ... He takes small but important moments in American history - Lincoln's fabled ... 
Evidence from her family, from residents in tiny New Salem, though no record of... [DOC] [TLE] Ann Rutledge, Legend or Lost Love? | American Civil War Forums ... [PAR] Yes, my password is: ... And GOSH I wish there was a picture of Abraham 
Lincoln's first love. ... Mentor Graham described her as an exceptionally good 
scholar. ... Lincoln first met Ann Rutledge in the early 1830s, and he was attracted 
.... the evidence of a love affair was tenuous at best, but Herndon was not... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln the Lover - The Atlantic [PAR] When we took leave of Lincoln and Ann Rutledge in the preceding paper, Lincoln 
had ... Not only was it a lover's gift from Ann to Abraham, but it has been marked 
with ... knew and which we might expect him to apply to his love for Ann Rutledge
, .... his despondency, he gave no evidence of extravagant or unnatural sorrow. [DOC] [TLE] Print this article - Indiana University [PAR] so obscure

Question: Yes, he knew Ann Rutledge, but there's no evidence of a great love affair
Answer: Abraham Lincoln