Herndon, William H. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life . Springfield, Illinois: The Herndon's Lincoln Publishing Company, 1888. [format: book], [genre: biography]. Permission: Northern Illinois University
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chapter of the "Chronicles" which reflected on the Grigsbys so severely, and which must serve as a sample of all the others. ^[33]

Reuben and Charles Grigsby on the same day married ^[34] Betsy Ray and Matilda Hawkins respectively. The day following they with their brides returned to the Grigsby mansion, where the father, Reuben Grigsby, senior, gave them a cordial welcome. Here an old-fashioned infare, with feasting and dancing, and the still older fashion of putting the bridal party to bed, took place. When the invitations to these festivities were issued Abe was left out, and the slight led him to furnish an appreciative circle in Gentryville with what he was pleased to term "The First Chronicles of Reuben." ^[35]