Mrs. Abraham Lincoln: A Study of Her Personality and Her Influence on Lincoln

7. Taking Toll

CHAPTER SEVEN Taking Toll Pompey bade Sul/a recollect that more worshiped the rising than the setting sun. Life of Pompey INCIDENTS AFFECTING MRS. LINCOLN May 1865 to May 20, 1875 1865 May 4, President Lincoln buried in Springfield, Illinois. May 22, Mrs. Lincoln and family left Washington for Chicago; they arrived May 24 and went to the. Tremont House. . May 31, Mrs. Lincoln moved to a Hyde Park boarding-house. June 11., Mrs. Lincoln wrote to Governor R. J. Oglesby, laying down conditions as to the Lincoln tomb. December 22, Mrs. Lincoln and Robert in Spring~ field; Mr. Lincoln's body transferred to tomb. 1866 Mrs. Lincoln in Chicago. RobertT. Lincoln, in Chicago, was studying law in the office of Scammon, McCagg, and Fuller (afterwards Chief Justice Fuller).l May 22, Mrs. Lincoln bought and occupied the house on West Washington Street. September 6, Mrs. Lincoln interviewed by Herndon, St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield. November, Herndon delivered his lecture on Ann Rutledge and Mrs. Lincoln j Robert bitter against Herndon for the Ann Rutledge myth and other statements. 1867 Mrs. Lincoln in Chicago. February 26, Robert Lincoln admitted to the bar. Robert Lincoln in the firm, Scammon and Lincoln j lived with his mother at 375 West Washington Street (old number).2 1 Edwards's Chicago DiH:ctOl·Y. Directory. March, Mrs. Lincoln first wrote Mrs. Keckley about selling her jewelry. M arch, Mrs. Lincoln expressed bitterness against Herndon for the Ann Rutledge lecture. A pril 14, President Andrew Johnson in Chicago; Mrs. Lincoln in Springfield to visit the Lincoln tomb. May 1 (about), Mrs. Lincoln rented her West Washington Street house and moved to the Clifton House. July, Mrs. Lincoln in Racine, Wisconsin. September 19, Mrs. Lincoln in New York. The proposed auction episode. October 13, Mrs. Lincoln was boarding with D. Cole, at 460 West Washington Street, Chicago (old number). N o'Vember, Mrs. Lincoln's brother-in-law, Dr. William Wallace, died. 1868 Mrs. Lincoln traveled in New England, Pennsylvania , and elsewhere. In Chicago much of the time, at the Clifton House. Robert Lincoln was praCticing law alone j living at the Tremont House.1 May 16, Senate failed by one vote to depose President Johnson ~n impeachment. JuncI Mrs. Lincoln in Chicago. lUly to September, Mrs. Lincoln in Cresson, Pennsylvanta . September I J Mrs. Lincoln expected to sail for Europe , but did not. September 24, Robert T. Lincoln married Mary 'Harlan. Later in the autumn, Mrs. Lincoln with Tad went to Europe. N o'Vcmber, U. S. Grant elected President. I 869 January 25, Mrs. Lincoln's letter written from 1 Edwards's Chicago Directory. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was read to the Senate. February, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in Frankfurt am Main. October 12, Robert's daughter, Mary, born. December 3, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in London. December 29, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in Frankfurt am Main; Tad in school. 1870 February 12, Mrs. Lincoln in Florence, Italy. March 22, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in Frankfurt am Main; Tad in school. May to August, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in Germany; Tad in school. May 2, Mrs. Lincoln's pension bill passed the House. May 19, Mrs. Lincoln visited Tad in school at Ober Ursel, near Frankfurt. June 29, Mrs. Lincoln in Frankfurt am Main. July 14; The pension bill passed the Senate. August 17, Mrs. Lincoln in Frankfurt am Main. September I to December, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in England. 1871 January and February, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad in London; Tad in school. March, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad sailed for home; Tad m. May, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad were staying with Robert Lincoln and family on Wabash Avenue in Chicago; Tad's illness continued. June, Mrs. Lincoln and Tad at the Clifton House; Tad seriously ill. July IS, Tad died at the Clifton House; funeral from Robert's home on Wabash Avenue; burial in Springfield . 1872 and 1873 Mrs. Lincoln's name not in Chicago or Springfield directories.1 1 I have found nothing which tells definitely where Mrs. Lincoln was between the autumn of 1871 and the sprinl$ of 1874. There is no record on the subject. and 1874 Mrs. Lincoln's name reappeared in the Lakeside Directory of Chicago; address, Grand Central Hotel. April 6, Mrs. Lincoln sold the Washington Street house. Summer, Mrs. Lincoln in Waukesha, Wisconsin, drinking the waters for her health. Winter, Mrs. Lincoln in Florida. 1875 Until...