Diamond Broach Given By Lincoln

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(07-23-2017 06:11 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Mary invited 500 to the Springfield home (I vaguely seem to recall not all attended due to bad weather?):

I questioned that also when I first read it years ago. They must have had a system that allowed such a thing. Remember that even the White House could not hold all the revelers who showed up for Andrew Jackson's reception after the inauguration. Refreshments were moved to the lawn, and Andy eventually escaped and spent the night elsewhere, according to what I have read.

On the matter of the broach: To me, the giving of jewelry during the Victorian age was a very personal thing and not something that anyone other than a family member or fiance would give to a young lady, even as a wedding gift. And, wedding gifts were/are generally given to the couple. Would Lincoln have breached etiquette, especially in a situation where his wife intensely disliked the bride and where the bride's father was definitely after Lincoln's job?