12-28-2016, 08:43 PM
There's a pamphlet here which mentions Mary Lincoln buying handkerchiefs on Christmas Eve, apparently for presents.
https://www.nps.gov/liho/upload/Holiday-...d-Back.pdf
In a letter to Eliza Slataper on December 13, 1868, Mary mentions that Tad had some "Christmas remembrances" for Eliza's daughter and a Mrs. Gross that she hoped he would have the opportunity to send.
https://www.nps.gov/liho/upload/Holiday-...d-Back.pdf
In a letter to Eliza Slataper on December 13, 1868, Mary mentions that Tad had some "Christmas remembrances" for Eliza's daughter and a Mrs. Gross that she hoped he would have the opportunity to send.