Mary Lincoln's presence at Abraham's death-bed

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I wonder if anyone bothered to talk with Tad and ask him if he wanted to see his Dad for one last time, or did they just decide, without Mary being involved in the decision, that it would be best he not be present?

Tad was attending a performance of "Aladdin! or His Wonderful Lamp" when his father was assassinated. When Mrs. Lincoln was asked if she wanted him brought to the Petersen House where her husband lay dying. She replied: "O my poor 'Taddy' what will become of him? O do not send for him, his violent grief would disturb the House."

Tad was informed that his father had been shot, but did not learn that he had died until his mother returned home the next day.