Early on, Mary became aware of Lincoln’s gaucheries, which irritated her. When she teased him about a social indiscretion, he found it hard to understand why she cared so much about something so unimportant. Her cousin, Stephen T. Logan, warned Mary that Lincoln “is much too rugged for your little white hands to attempt to polish.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃

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