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After Mary Frances Coffin Skiff's death in 1918, her husband, Vernon William Skiff, founder of the Jewel Tea Company, donated $100,000 for the contstruction of a hospital in Newton, Iowa. The building was dedicated and named her memory in 1921. The…

Mary Frances "Fanny" Hackney Wines, wife of Frederick H. Wines, poses for a portrait wearing a beaded necklace and shirt.

Portrait of Mary Frances Hutchinson, daughter of Zephaniah K. Hutchinson and Elizabeth Nettleton. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group who toured the United States and Great Britain in the 1840s.

Portrait of Mary Frances Hutchinson Lockett, daughter of Zephaniah K. Hutchinson and Elizabeth Nettleton, who married David S. Lockett in 1876, and had a daughter, Lela, in 1879. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group…

Actress Mary Garden poses for a portrait wearing several pieces of jewelry. Garden was a popular opera performer in France and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Talented both as a soprano and as an actress, Garden made…

Mary Gilman, a member of the Class of 1904 from Monticello Female Seminary, sits in a chair for a portrait.

Mary Harlan Lincoln invites Mr. and Mrs. Taylor to dinner. Mary uses Hildene stationary and envelope addressed to Mrs. Taylor..

Thre Trust Department of The American Security and Trust Company of Washington, D.C., issues its typed statement of the Mary Harlan Lincoln Trust Account for the period of Jan. 3 - Feb. 3, 1942. The statement is composed of nine pages stapled…

Mary Jane Garrison, wife of Alva C. Garrison, stands outside a building for a photograph at the age of 70. On verso: "My grandma."

Mary L. Hooff writes to Gerard J. Buchman forwarding a letter found her brother found that was addressed to Samuel Bland Arnold with "some connection" to John Wilkes Booth.

In her letter to Thomas (Tad) Lincoln's former tutor, Alexander Williamson, Mary Lincoln asks whether their carriage "is to be sold at auction in N.Y.' and adds "How is this?" She notes that "Taddie has recovered, goes to school & can almost…

Mary Lincoln writes a lengthy and strongly worded response to Alexander Williamson regarding sensational stories by her enemies that she is not at all in financial difficulties. She asks Williamson to approach Col. Frank Howe, a NY politician, in…

Mary Lincoln urges Alexander Williamson to ascertain whether Howe intends to help her. "This state of suspense is very painful to be endured" Mary uses mourning stationery with black borders and an "L" monogram on page1.

Mary Lincoln invites B.B. French to a Thursday evening dinner at the White House that includes General Anderson, Mr. Holt, C.R. Smith, Henry Clay's son, Gov. Sprague, Mr. Shaw of Kentucky, Mr. Speed of Kentucky, B.B. French, Mary Lincoln, and the…

Mary Lincoln writes to B.B. French protesting the dismissal of Gibbs and praising the man's conduct and usefulness. Mary confesses that she "... cannot spare him from the conservatory." She states that her "...interest in retaining him is very…