Lincoln's Dog Fido

[DanielC]

Fido you are right. This appears to be yet another attempt by the author to smear Mrs. Lincoln. Goats would be allowed to roam the halls of the executive mansion but you would not be. This falls squarely on the shoulders of the president. In his many instructions to your caregivers, he should have instructed you not to approach strangers at night. (Especially those who appear heavily intoxicated) if you had only been allowed to hop on board you would have been living the life of Riley rather than the goat.
Your reward for your loyalty to your freind was to roam the night in search of a freind and to receive the same reception Sec. Seward did.