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05-22-2016, 04:35 PM, (This post was last modified: 05-22-2016, 04:36 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Mary's funeral expenses
(05-20-2016, 09:14 PM)RJNorton Wrote: RE: ''I wish my remains to be clothes in the white silk dress which will be found in the lower drawer of the bureau in my room."

I do not think her wishes were honored. Maybe they weren't known? Catherine Clinton, in her Mary Lincoln bio, writes that, "Mary would be laid to rest in a new dress ordered by Elizabeth Edwards, sent down from Chicago in one last, lavish gesture to reflect an older sister's loving indulgence."
Mary wrote this to Robert in 1874 - maybe when she passed away in 1882, the dress didn't exist anymore? Or Robert didn't forward the wish?
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Mary's funeral expenses - by Lincoln Wonk - 05-20-2016, 05:14 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-20-2016, 09:14 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-22-2016, 04:35 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-22-2016, 05:50 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Gencor - 05-23-2016, 12:21 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-21-2016, 02:06 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by L Verge - 05-23-2016, 01:46 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Gencor - 05-23-2016, 04:57 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-23-2016, 11:51 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Gencor - 05-23-2016, 09:48 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-23-2016, 12:29 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-24-2016, 12:03 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-24-2016, 12:18 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Lincoln Wonk - 05-24-2016, 02:58 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-24-2016, 04:35 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Lincoln Wonk - 05-24-2016, 05:22 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Houmes - 05-25-2016, 04:30 AM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-24-2016, 08:40 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by RJNorton - 05-25-2016, 12:07 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Gene C - 05-25-2016, 03:37 PM
RE: Mary's funeral expenses - by Eva Elisabeth - 05-26-2016, 01:31 AM

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