I have a question

[Susan Higginbotham]

(06-21-2017 08:37 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  I'm posting in a hurry and just from off the top of my head - hence no guarantee - I think Bud Taft reported him and the Lincoln kids getting gum boots (largest size available) for the President. Also vulcanization is an American invention by Goodyear in the 1830s.

Yes, Julia Taft Bayne does describe Bud going out to get "rubbers" for the President.