Mary's funeral expenses

[Eva Elisabeth]

(05-20-2016 01:14 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?