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Lincoln's sees were infrequent while other visitors were limited "to that portion of the general public who might be presumed to be above taking flowers." 1 Historian Michael Burlingame composed that "Visitors chose the flowers so typically that ultimately the conservatory was stated off-limits to the public." 2 Others wished for those flowers for patriotic functions.

Nicolay in February 1864 about a fair being held to benefit the orphans of soldiers. The postmaster recommended "that you see Mrs Lincoln and have her send a few flowers to me by Express with a Line revealing her interest in the reasonable. It would 'take well,' beside I think a couple of flowers hence sent out, we raise Forty, or Fifty, Dollars.

But her enthusiasm was not shared by the president. 4 Sister-in-law Elizabeth Todd Edwards told Lincoln biographer and law partner William Herndon about the President's very first see to the conservatory. She checked out the White House after Willie Lincoln's death in February 1862: "One day while there in order to calm his mind, to turn his attention away from organization and cheer him up, I took Mr.

He followed me patiently through. 'How lovely these flowers are! How gorgeous these roses! Here are exotics,' I exclaimed in adoration, 'collected from the furthest corners of the earth, and grand beyond description.' A moody silence followed damaged finally by Mr. Lincoln with this observation: 'Yes, this whole thing appears like spring; however do you know I have actually never ever been in here before.

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On March 28, 1864, she wrote Sen.  I Found This Interesting  after slamming his failure to participate in a White Home levee: "" Words, are rarely a satisfaction, for the inadvertent way, in which I resolved you on yesterday, for that reason, I hope you, accept this little peace offering, for your table, a couple of fresh flowers, brought up, by the garden enthusiast." 6 Mrs.

Noted presidential assistant William O. Stoddard, "It was from the conservatory the flowers came which cut such a figure in newspaper descriptions of the 'lavish profusion and extravagance at the Executive Mansion.' Economy, as interpreted by some individuals, would have consisted in allowing the stunning exotics to wither on their stems, in the congenial warmth and moisture of the conservatory." 7 Often, Mrs.