(10-23-2014, 05:31 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Excellent, Laurie. The elderly gentleman is (was) Charles Lewis Tiffany, who founded Tiffany & Co. in New York City in 1837, and the younger one is his eldest son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who was an Art Nouveau artist and designer is best known for his work in stained glass.
On the way to Washington, Abraham Lincoln, according to Catherine Clinton (who refers to forum member Donna McCreary), bought for Mary a 530$ six-piece seed-pearl parure to reward her for her faith in him.
A.L. paid FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS...in 1861??! Gosh, that's a lot of "faith" Molly got rewarded for, isn't it? Mr. Lincoln was no cheapskate it seems!
Does anyone know how much that would translate to today?