Ann Rutledge

Ann & Abe Forgeries by Glenn W. LaFantasie   By the early twentieth century, the story of the romance between Ann and Abe rose in popularity. Newspapers published countless articles, fact and fiction, about the tragic story of young love,...

Ann Rutledge’s Resting Places by Jonathan W. White   When she died in 1835, Ann Rutledge was buried in New Concord, Illinois, about six miles north of New Salem. In 1890, one newspaper reported that the “remains of the emancipator’s...

The Belle of New Salem by Glenn W. LaFantasie   The story of a romance between Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, once believed to be only a legend but now more widely accepted as fact by historians, almost always focuses...