Mary was a leaker

[JMadonna]

Mary had some kin in high places.

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/resi...-grimsley/

“Cousin Lizzie,” Mary Todd Lincoln’s cousin, came to the White House with the Lincolns and described her temporary home as being “in a perfect state of readiness for the incomers—A competent chef, with efficient butler and waiters.” Mary Todd Lincoln was fond her cousin: “She is a noble, good woman & has been purified, through much trial.”

Another relative (through Mrs. Lincoln’s stepmother), former Vice President John C. Breckinridge, took a different approach when he visited the White House in the spring of 1861. Like Mrs. Lincoln, he was a Kentuckian with a tendency toward biting sarcasm. Unlike Mrs. Lincoln, Breckinridge sided with the Confederacy and told their mutual cousin: “Cousin Lizzie, I would not like you to be disappointed in your expected stay at the White House, so I will now invite you to remain here as a guest, when the Confederation takes possession.”