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RE: Mary's funeral expenses
This was originally a letter to the editor of the Cincinnati "Commercial" that was reprinted in other newspapers, "gossiping" about Mary's life at the Edwardses' in 1882 - and only sixty trunks made it into the papers:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1881/...m-lincoln/
Attired in pink silk?!...
(05-25-2016 08:37 AM)Gene C Wrote:  She had so many trunks because shipping was free on VSN
(Victorian Shopping Network)
Modern day options would definitely have been way over her head - Amazon comes up with 48,989 results for "footstool".
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Mary's funeral expenses - Lincoln Wonk - 05-20-2016, 10:14 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-20-2016, 02:14 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-22-2016, 10:50 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Gencor - 05-22-2016, 05:21 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - L Verge - 05-22-2016, 06:46 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Gencor - 05-22-2016, 09:57 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-23-2016, 04:51 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Gencor - 05-23-2016, 02:48 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-23-2016, 05:18 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Lincoln Wonk - 05-24-2016, 07:58 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-24-2016, 09:35 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Lincoln Wonk - 05-24-2016, 10:22 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Houmes - 05-24-2016, 09:30 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - RJNorton - 05-25-2016, 05:07 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Gene C - 05-25-2016, 08:37 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - Eva Elisabeth - 05-25-2016 06:31 PM

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