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Mary Todd Lincoln's faux pas (plural), worse, and much worse
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RE: Mary Todd Lincoln's faux pas (plural), worse, and much worse
AL made the comment during the WH years when he was asked to christen a warship or something. He laughed and his exact comment as I remember reading it was..." I can't name anything...Mary named all the children"!


There is apparently quite a lot that you haven't read about this couple, but understanding you deeply you esteem good scholarship, I will dig through my many books and try to find where I read it.
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RE: Mary Todd Lincoln's faux pas - Gene C - 06-12-2014, 10:32 AM
RE: Mary Todd Lincoln's faux pas (plural), worse, and much worse - LincolnToddFan - 06-12-2014 10:02 PM

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