Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[David Lockmiller]

(05-19-2024 03:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Excellent, Rob. Mary was known for her overuse of commas in her letters. Mary used this sentence in a letter to her daughter-in-law, Mary Harlan Lincoln, circa 1870. Source: Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker (New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1987), p.304.

The quote: "I think the doctors would especially like to keep one in bed. The love of money, is the root of all evil."

The quote itself seems to be self-hypocritical (if, that is not being redundant). Who loved to spend money more than Mary Lincoln? If it were not for the clue, then logically, the choice of Mary Lincoln would have been the last guess made, as limited by the number of presidents.