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Mary Lincoln sends an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Elliot to a gathering on Wednesday evening, February 5, at 9 o'clock. the narrow oblong invitation is mounted on a black card. The occasion is a White House ball, given by the First Lady, for which…

Mary Lincoln asks Mrs. Charles Heard if she could visit her with Mr. and Mrs. Doubleday noting that "your friend Mrs. Lamon may look in upon us." Mary refers to a party at Mr. Chase's this eve. She uses personal stationary with black borders and "L"…

Mary Lincoln pens a warm letter to an old friend, Rhoda White, describing her continuing sorrow and isolation, noting that she will return to Frankfurt in a few days. She adds that "I often wonder, why, I was spared, when my darling husband was…

Mary Lincoln writes to Rhoda White complaining of her poor health and "my aching, broken, desolated life," and her plans to visit Florida, perhaps with her son Robert. She refers to the death of Tad: "without my blessed, darling son, who was such a…

Mary consoles her friend from Kentucky on her bereavement which reminds her of her own loss (Willie). She writes: "earth can afford no balm for such bereavements My precious Willie, was another of the pure ones, too good for earth " She regrets that…

Six months after Lincoln's assassination, Mary Lincoln writes to Sally Orme in which she refers to the possibility that Congress will pass an appropriation for her. Mary writes desolately: "I am so anxious once more, to be quiet, in a home of my own,…

Mary Lincoln finds herself in the same European city as Sally Orne and hastens to arrange a rendezvous.

While in Frankfurt, Germany, and still waiting for Congress to deal with her presidential pension, Mary Lincoln writes to her friend, Sally Orme: "What changes -- time, brings to us all -- I sometimes feel as if I have lived a century. 'My life, is…

After the letter of December 5, 1869, Mary Lincoln again writes to Sally Orne, expressing her concerns over Congress' actions on behalf of her pension and devoting much of the letter to praising Charles Sumner. The first four pages of the unsigned…

Mary Lincoln writes to an unknown correspondent requesting the services of Charles Forbes for the day. Charles Forbes was Lincoln's personal attendant from 1861 until Lincoln's assassination. He was present at Ford's Theatre when the President was…

Mary Lincoln writes a penciled note on Miller's Hotel stationary introducing Reverend Minor, "our clergyman for 15 years and a friend very much beloved by my husband, Abraham Lincoln " Mary died the following July 16th.

Mary Macek poses for an outdoor portrait while holding flowers.

Mary O'Hair Hanks poses for a portrait wearing black clothing. She was the wife of William Hanks, the grandson of Abraham Hanks and nephew of Nancy Hanks.On verso: "My maternal grandmother, D. D. Baber."

Mary Orendorff poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress. On verso: "Mrs. William J. (Mary) Orendorff; Born 6/30/1836, Died 6/11/1911."

Mary Pamela Reed Cannon, wife of Joseph G. Cannon, leans against the back of a chair during a portrait session.

An exterior view shows the two-story brick home in Canton, Ohio, where Mary Reed Cannon was born. On verso: "House in Canton, Ohio where Mrs. J. G. Cannon (Mary Pamela Reed) was born in about 1891. Mrs. Frances Scovil Reed, (Bailey)."

Mary Parkin, a pupil or staff member from the St. Mary's School Class of 1888, poses for a portrait.

Mary Remann stands in profile wearing a long white dress during a portrait session.