Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

[Donna]

The point of my initial post on this subject is very simple..........the photographs plastered across internet websites and in numerous biographies dating back decades that depict Mary in one of two white dresses and adorned with the seed pearl jewelry purchased from Tiffany & Co. are not historically accurate and not a true representation of her 1861 Inaugural Ball attire. Whether she wore the aforementioned jewelry with other dresses - or with a tank top and cut-off jeans while running around barefoot - is of no consequence. With all the looming threats and upheaval facing Lincoln in the weeks leading up to his inauguration, I doubt that shelling out bookoo clams for seed pearls would have been high on his list of priorities, even if he did have access to a time machine that would have been necessary to pull off such a transaction.
That’s all I’m saying. I’m tired of banging my head off this brick wall.