Mary and the African American church

[Steve]

I am quite skeptical about Mary Coakley at this point. Does anyone know where in Keckly's book there is a reference to Mary Lincoln employing other seamstresses in addition to Keckly? I would be interested in reading Keckly's exact words on this topic (apparently there is no mention of a Mary Coakley). Thanks.

Keckley's book is transcribed at this website:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/keckley/keckley.html

It should be searchable using your computer's Cltrl-F function. I couldn't find any mention of other dressmakers of Mrs. Lincoln mentioned, but maybe I wasn't looking closely enough.