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in february 1862 when willie was 11 1/2 years old, by which time abraham and mary todd lincoln were president and first lady of the united states, february 20th, 1862, the lincolns lost yet another son. willie lincoln, aged 11 1/2, died in the white house while his father was president and mother was first lady. also of childhood illness, typhoid fever. president and first lady were plunged into profound grief. abraham lincoln is believed by modern scholars whoto have suffered with profound depression in life and presidency. but what he and his wife went through in 1862 was something different. they had lost a first son in 1850, then a second son who had been born just after they lost

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