Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

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Unfortunately I cannot access the article. I was hoping to find the identity of the "witness" or "observer" who was quoted. IMO, the folks who remained in the parlor with Mary Lincoln are the most likely choices. The names that come to mind are Clara Harris, Elizabeth Dixon, Mary Kinney, and Constance Kinney. Along with Robert Lincoln, there may have been a few others who stayed to comfort Mary throughout the night. Perhaps the name of the person who was thus quoted is lost to history. I am just a little surprised that all we know is that it was "a witness" or "an observer."

One of the Petersen daughters comforted Mary Lincoln that night. Could it have been she (and thus forgotten to history)?