Grant and Lincoln's invitation

[Linda Anderson]

(10-12-2014 02:48 PM)loetar44 Wrote:  Linda again,
You write “ I have a hard time with Mary Lincoln. It seems she could be lovely when she wanted to be and not so lovely when it didn't suit her.” Do you mean that Mary had “some kind of choice” to decide by herself how she wanted to react? I think that’s not fair to say. Also remember that Mary traveled to battlefields with her husband many times, without any incident, except for City Point in March 1865. According to me this means that extreme displays of her temper were the exception, not the norm.

Kees, I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Do you mean to say that I am being unfair to Mary when I say that she had control over how she chose to react to situations? Are you saying that she had no control over her actions then?