Mrs. Lincoln’s Salon: Her Form Inclines To Stoutness

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(11-16-2015 09:08 PM)Anita Wrote:  I'd also like to know how Taper came up with Mary's height being 5'4".

I am curious, too, Anita. Artist Francis B. Carpenter measured Abraham's height in the White House. Lincoln measured six feet three and three-quarter inches in his stocking feet. I do not think I have ever read that Mary's height was actually measured.