Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[RJNorton]

(12-18-2017 08:47 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thanks, Roger, that makes sense (visible from Soldiers' Home). Since Keckly didn't specify it was a White House window and she indeed was at the Soldiers' Home with the Lincolns at times (if I recall correctly) it might have happened there. On the other hand to call red brick white seems quite unrealistic to me.

Eva, still I wonder about the quote's authenticity. When I read what was written on that web page, the first thing that came to my mind was that Willie died in the winter (February 20th). The Lincolns spent the summers at the Soldiers' Home, and they were not there when Willie died. According to Lincoln Day by Day, they did not move there until June 13, 1862. Keckly wrote that the incident happened weeks after Willie's funeral. So I have assumed March (or April at the latest). The Lincolns would have still been at the White House, not the Soldiers' Home.

Can you tell I have my doubts about this quote? (Just a personal opinion)