Elizabeth Keckley was a slave who became a dressmaker who made dresses for Mary Todd Lincoln and became a close friend and confidante to the First Lady. Keckley wrote a memoir called "Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House", also called "30 Years a Slave, Four Years in the White House".
no she did not
According to the book I just finished reading (The Last Lincolns) she is buried in Arlington next to her husband & son. GWC The person you refer to is Mary harlan Lincoln, Robert todd's wife, I am refering to there first daughter, Mary(Mamie) Lincoln Isham, wife of Charles Bradford Isham
Ernest Todd has written: 'A treatise on Belgian law' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Law
Peggy Todd has written: 'Minerals' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Mines and mineral resources
John A. Todd has written: 'The worlds cotton crops' 'The banks of the Nile' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Mary A. Wollaston has written: 'The song play book' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Mary Blair has written: 'The up and down book'
Mary Buyers has written: 'The Buyers book, 1702-1913'
Mary Scarborough Paxson has written: 'The story of Harriet' 'Mary Paxson, her book'
John E. Todd has written: 'Revivals of religion' -- subject(s): Revivals 'Journey to Vindicated' 'The Todd family in America or the descendants of Christopher Todd, 1637-1919' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Mary Davis has written: 'The island' -- subject(s): Accessible book
His two favorite desserts were: his wife's White Almond Cake, (Mary's recipe, is named, appropriately "Mary Todd Lincoln's White Almond Cake".), and Apple Pie.