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RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 06-06-2024 01:36 PM
During her time as First Lady Mary tried to raise money by selling wagonloads of something. What was in the wagonloads?
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - J. Beckert - 06-06-2024 01:46 PM
Rags for the war effort?
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 06-06-2024 02:38 PM
Good guess, Joe, but not correct.
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 06-06-2024 04:37 PM
Boxes of clothing, fruit, turkeys to raise money for the Black Contraband Relief effort with Keckley's help?
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 06-06-2024 06:13 PM
Good guess, Anita, but incorrect.
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 06-07-2024 07:11 AM
Manure ?
RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 06-07-2024 09:20 AM
Right on, Gene!
"Then she ordered the gardener to sell manure from the stables at ten cents a wagonload, though this inflated price led to more jokes than sales"
Source: p. 190 of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean Baker.