Title: Abraham Lincoln, Miss Ann Rutledge, New Salem, pioneering, and the poem
Description: A reprint with slight changes in the text of the lecture delivered by Herndon in the Old Sangamon County Court House, November, 1866, which started tales of the Ann Rutledge romance.
Subjects: Death and burial, Mental health, Friends and associates, Relations with women, History
Places: New Salem (Menard County, Ill.)
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Ann Rutledge (d. 1835)
Time periods: 19th century