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- GLC#
- GLC01056
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa 1864
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- Title
- to Thomas W. Sweeny
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 11 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Mary Todd Lincoln writes that she and Taddie (Thomas Lincoln) are going to carry some flowers to the sick soldiers and asks that if he is free, will he accompany them. She remarks that Taddie is appropriating Colonel Sweeny for a horseback ride to the navy yard this afternoon. "It is sometimes unfortunate, to be a favorite, with so exacting a young man." Letter written on mourning stationery, possibly for her son William, who died in 1862. Written from the Executive Mansion.
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