"Mrs. Lincoln's Favorite Things" Evening Tour

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Mentioning the Mary Todd Home brought up a pleasant memory. Many years ago, Surratt House was honored to be visited by a preservationist group, among which was the wife of the governor of Kentucky. She was working on the preservation of the Mary Todd Home and fell in love with the ingrain carpeting in the parlor at Surratt House. We were then lucky to have an original piece (now in storage), but I was able to give her the name and address of a wonderful company in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, which duplicates early such textiles. In fact, they made our new ingrain carpet about ten years ago when it became time to replace the original.