The largesse enjoyed by Mary Lincoln’s family created bad blood in Illinois. Ebenezer Peck bitterly remarked that the president “and his wife have some relatives not yet provided for” and that “until all these shall have been provided for, all newer friends I suppose must needs wait.” William Jayne thought it “very strange how as bitter a democrat as Capt [Lockwood] Todd can have so much influence over Mr Lincoln.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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