Should Mary have received Abraham's salary?

[RJNorton]

I am just curious to see if anyone has an opinion on this.

On November 15, 1867, Mary wrote Elizabeth Keckly a letter in which she indicated "if Congress or the Nation had given me the four years salary" then she could have lived as "the widow of the great President Lincoln should" and given liberally to all just causes.

Since Lincoln had been assassinated very early in his second term this would have amounted to slightly less than $100,000.

Should Congress have passed a bill to give the widow of an assassinated President the salary he would have made had he not been killed?