tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post4478649084320375804..comments2024-03-28T08:54:52.735-05:00Comments on Civil War Quilts: Constitution & Union Quilt Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-1028916976081448072020-01-06T23:00:24.234-06:002020-01-06T23:00:24.234-06:00November 16,1862 Virginia Woodbury Fox wrote in he...November 16,1862 Virginia Woodbury Fox wrote in her Diary:" Tish says ,there is a bucktail soldier devoted to the pres (lincoln), drives with him & when Mrs L is not home ,sleeps with him,What Stuff!"Virginia Woodbury Fox married assistant Secr Navy Gustavus V.Fox was related Blair Family.Tish is found to be :The Tish ,Fox Sources ,for the David Derickson Story, was Letitia Hannah McKean daughter mid -level Treasury Dept Clerk and Neice Commodore William Wister McKean.Letitia Hannah McKean was alos a near contemporary of Virginia Fox having been born 1820 like Fox ,was closely linked by birth and marriage to many naval officiers, Political figures, and other Notables.In any case (supposedly) Virginia Fox diary represents info that was circulating among the highly regarded and established circles of society wartime Washington .D.C.Virginia Fox evidence (rumor) maybe Hearsay,but it needs to stand or fall on its merits,not because it is mere gossip recorded(in diary) by a woman?First of all ,Letitia H McKean death 27 Oct 1896 born 1820.Father Samuel Miles McKean mother Mary Francis King McKean. (siblings)1.)Letitia 1820-1896 2.)Katherine1827-after1880 3.)FrancesM1825-after1880 4.)Mary K1830-after1880 5.)Elizabeth1822-after1880 6,) Harriet 1828-1903 7.)Marcia 1832-1897 (*all daughters never married-never husband-never had children -all were spinsters?)Samuel M McKean parents:Joseph Borden McKean1764-1826 wife Hannah MIles Mckean1764-1845(children Mary1787-1831,catherine1788-1789 Samuel1789-1868D.C.).=Virginia Woodbury Fox husband Gustavas V Fox related Blair Family.(visitors Lincoln WhiteHouse) Francis P Blair Sr. & Gustavus V Fox assit Secr NavyDept. BlairHouse 1651 Pennylvania ave(1836).Montgomery Blair spouse Mary Eliz Woodbury Blair.(1821-1887)Francis P Blair Jr 1821-1875.wife Appoline Alexander Blair 1828-1908.(had7children) 1st Missouri U.S. Reserves Corp Infantry 3 months 1861. = James L Blair 1819 -1853 wife Mary Jesup Blair 1825-1914.(children 4) =Francis P Blair Sr. journalist-newspapers-editor- Washington Globe advisor andrew jackson -later became political ally to pres Andrew Johnson .1868 impeachment -house -of Andrew johnson (fire Edwin Stanton -secretary of War) want replace Stanton with Ulysses S Grant (johnson left office1869)Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th president of the United States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-85857199204125791832019-12-29T21:06:36.075-06:002019-12-29T21:06:36.075-06:00What an incredible gift for any institution, Barba...What an incredible gift for any institution, Barbara. Thank you for choosing the IQSC at Lincoln as the recipient of all your hard work over many years. And while I know it was a labor of love and great passion, thank you also for the years of study and documentation of quilts that may have been lost to posterity but for you. Just your blogs are certainly a great education to all of us. Thanks again for a wonderful life time of educational works.mbrittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674501618106988056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-76359477201488422112019-12-29T04:10:28.908-06:002019-12-29T04:10:28.908-06:00Yes, always fascinating! I know it is difficult t...Yes, always fascinating! I know it is difficult to read but could Miss Clara D. Moore's location be "Rural Retreat"?<br />Happy new year to all.Liz B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04908769711400191517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-44184617895036371882019-12-29T03:43:28.878-06:002019-12-29T03:43:28.878-06:00Union and Constitution forever - in our era we hav...Union and Constitution forever - in our era we have a president who picks and chooses which part of the constitution he will follow...... wonder if any one in our era will make a quilt?Susie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893377527974815997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-31813620021407818602019-12-28T06:28:58.090-06:002019-12-28T06:28:58.090-06:00Always fascinating! Thank you for taking the time...Always fascinating! Thank you for taking the time to post all these wonderful quilts and their history. I hope you had a nice holiday and Happy New Year ahead!Sam I Am......https://www.blogger.com/profile/17358633233189452832noreply@blogger.com