Why Didn't Abraham Lincoln Travel?

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Abraham Lincoln's wife never met her husbands father. Lincoln's mother died when he was 9 and his family were backwoods log cabin people and was ill equipt to move in the circle that his son moved in when his son Abe
In 1840,became engaged to Mary Todd who was from a wealthy slave-holding family in Lexington, Kentucky
~They met in Springfield, Illinois, in December 1839 and were engaged the following December.
A wedding set for January 1, 1841, was canceled when the two broke off their engagement at Lincoln's initiative.
~They later met again at a party and married on November 4, 1842, in the Springfield mansion of Mary's married sister.
~While preparing for the nuptials and feeling anxiety again, Lincoln, when asked where he was going, replied, "To hell, I suppose."

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