Mary's Reputation

[Steve]

I'm reposting this article from an Assassination thread, so forum members who have an interest in Mary Todd Lincoln but don't have as much interest in the particulars of the assassination won't miss it. It's a letter by Mary reprinted in a Scottish newspaper where she complains about the racist/discriminatory treatment of the families of fallen colored Union soldiers and sailors:


Source: The Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), page 3 of the 01 Sept. 1866 edition.