Mary's Legacy, According to Robert

[Donna McCreary]

The painting that was gifted by the Robert T. Lincoln family still hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House. It was painted by Robert's cousin, Katherine Helm. Helm painted six portraits of Mary. I have only been able to find the current locations of three.

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Donna, this is not the greatest thing, but one thought that came to mind was Robert's reaction to Elizabeth Keckly's book. He was furious that Elizabeth published some of the private conversations his parents had in the White House. He was also very upset that Elizabeth's book contained letters from his mother that were private and published without permission. I believe he contacted the publisher and may have tried to suppress the book.

Robert was furious when the book was published. However, I do not know if he had advanced knowledge of the book prior to publication in order to try to suppress it. Maybe Jason knows. Since the book was published in 1868, I am not even sure if anyone had advanced knowledge of the publication.
Robert did manage to stop several other biographies of his mother from being written.