Possible Lincoln artifact discovered!

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I think we have to take into consideration the dire financial state that Mrs. Lincoln considered herself to be in upon her husband's death. She fought for years to get compensation/pension from Congress. Her inheritance from Lincoln's estate was slow in coming and was a little over $36,000 when it was finalized. One source that I read said that it worked out to about $1500-$1800/year for her. Maybe she sold that nice parlor suite a year after she purchased it because she needed money?

She opened herself up to ridicule in her attempts to get money from the sale of her used clothing. She lived in a succession of boardinghouses in Chicago and during her travels in Europe (Eva and Roger did a series of wonderful postings on her stay in Pau, France a year or so ago) before and after Tad's death in 1871.

She spent four months in treatment at Bellevue Place in 1875 and then four years in Europe. She returns to live with her sister in Springfield, where she dies in 1882. Perhaps we can assume that she had no need for furniture? And, it would be a lot easier to move around Europe without having to ship large items.