Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[RJNorton]

(01-14-2018 03:01 PM)L Verge Wrote:  One of the Petersen daughters comforted Mary Lincoln that night. Could it have been she (and thus forgotten to history)?

That is a possibility. You are referring to Pauline. I did check Kathy Canavan's book and Robert Bain's book, and both discuss Pauline's role in comforting Mary. I wonder if Kathy Canavan might know the original source of the quote (although I cannot find that she included it in her book). If I am right about Kathy not including the quote, that means that two authors who wrote extremely detailed accounts of the goings-on at the Petersen House did not include it (Reck being the other). I guess I will remain skeptical of the quote until we have a name.