Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

[Donna]

Hi Donna McCreary.......you stated on this thread in your post #15 that........”Lincoln did purchase jewelry for Mary, including the Tiffany Seed Pearl parure worn at the inaugural ball in 1861”.
You also stated in post #51.....”By now, most historians realize that Mary wore a blue, watered silk, ball gown with a bertha of d’ Alençon lace, a head dress containing a blue ostrich feather, and the seed pearl parure that had been recently purchased at Tiffany & Co. Concerning the purchase date of the Tiffany seed pearl parure...According to John Loring’s book, TIFFANY’S 150 YEARS, the set was purchased during the New York stop of the inaugural trip to Washington on February 20, 1861”.
I’m just curious if this is still your contention? That Mary did indeed wear the seed pearl jewelry to the March 4th,1861 inaugural ball? Since you, like me, seem to be fairly opinionated, I am hoping to pin SOMEBODY down on this forum with SOMETHING that resembles concise, factual, delineated. Either she did or she didn’t. I’m saying she didn’t. No way. No how. Not even close. What say you?