Historic Lunch

[RJNorton]

(12-12-2015 02:59 PM)PaigeBooth Wrote:  Roger,
I did not know that Mary Lincoln spent time in Cresson and Bedford. You are correct, Cresson and Bedford are both about an hour and a half east from where I had lunch. Do you have any more information about the time Mary Lincoln spent in these areas during the summer of 1868?

I think she went there for a summer vacation hoping for relief from her aches and pains by seeking out the mineral waters and baths in the area. I think she was trying to gain strength prior to her trip to Europe later in 1868. One thing I remember reading (I think from Catherine Clinton's Mary Lincoln biography) was that Tad was playing with some other boys by jumping recklessly onto trains that passed through the area. Tad was almost killed. I think Mary spent a lot of time with her friend, Eliza Slataper, and Tad was friends with Eliza's son. Eliza was another person who was interested in spiritualism like Mary.