Mary and the body snatchers

[Donna McCreary]

(02-10-2015 02:16 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  If she was out of the country and did not hear about it, is it possible that Robert could have kept the information from her altogether? I can only imagine how Mary would have reacted if she found out that someone had tried to steal her husband's body. Her emotional state always seemed to be on the precipice the way it was - that could have really sent her over the edge.

Is there any indirect information on Mary's response (or lack thereof) in, for example, Robert Lincoln's papers or correspondence?

I have been through Robert's papers, and all the collections of other family members and have found nothing.
There are very few letters of Mary's that have survived during this period -- all were written to Mr. Jacob Bunn. On December 12, 1876, Mary wrote to him that she read the "Daily Galignani of Paris" which "receives constant news, from America."
Perhaps her letters concerning this topic were ones Robert was able to find and destroy.