Abraham Lincoln's Slippers

[RJNorton]

(07-04-2014 12:02 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I think they would be fashionable in the U.S. also. I believe they were called carpet slippers, meaning both for wearing inside instead of heavy shoes that would hurt the carpets and also that they resembled carpet fabric - just like the "suitcases" of the day were called carpetbags.

Jay Monaghan titled his book "Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs: A Diplomat in Carpet Slippers."