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08-14-2018, 03:51 PM (This post was last modified: 08-14-2018 05:01 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions
(08-14-2018 02:03 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 01:58 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I always interpreted that to be his mischievous behavior

Me too. I don't see the statement as expressing any worry about Tad. That's not to say Mary didn't worry, but the "troublesome" strikes me as something any mother would say about a high-spirited boy given to pranks.
Mary wrote that long after the assassination. My understanding was that the assassination had matured Tad and "cured" from pranks. I also seem to recall Robert in those times still stated worries about Tad's school deficiencies, so I thought the statement might rather have referred to this than to "behavior".
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