Mary's Move from the White House

[LincolnMan]

Lincoln Discussion Symposium member Jason Emerson in The Madness of Mary Lincoln writes about the tension that existed between MTL and RTL at the time of leaving the White House after the assassination on page 24:

....Mary left the White House with fifty-five boxes of possessions, mostly old clothes-a quirk Robert did not understand and said he did not want to understand. "I wish to heaven the car would take fire in which you place these boxes for transportation to Chicago, and burn all of your old plunder up," he said impetuously as she packed.


Things were definitely not well between the two!