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[RJNorton]

Thank you for finding this information, David! I always rely heavily on Reck's book regarding Abraham Lincoln's final hours as it is so very detailed. I am a little surprised Reck did not mention this, but Kauffman's book is terrific. I now think the chances that these were authentically Mary Lincoln's opera glasses have risen due to what you have found, David. Thanks again.

Nevertheless, I guess I am the ultimate skeptic. There were 1,000+ attendees in Ford's that night, and many ran out of the theater after the shot was fired. Chaos. How do we know it was Mary Lincoln who dropped these glasses?