. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 5.—Lincoln plate which bears affidavit of Theodore R. Davis. {CourUiy of the Stale Histuiiial Society of It'iscomin.) a personal friend of Theodore Haviland, had derived directly from Mr. Haviland this manufacturer identification of the china which Haughvvout deco- rated. The official dinner service so delighted Mrs. Lincoln that she ordered a similar set for herself. On the personal service the initials "M. ; were sub- stituted for the arms of the United States as decora- tion. Mrs. Grinisley says ". . this latter, I
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 5.—Lincoln plate which bears affidavit of Theodore R. Davis. {CourUiy of the Stale Histuiiial Society of It'iscomin.) a personal friend of Theodore Haviland, had derived directly from Mr. Haviland this manufacturer identification of the china which Haughvvout deco- rated. The official dinner service so delighted Mrs. Lincoln that she ordered a similar set for herself. On the personal service the initials "M. ; were sub- stituted for the arms of the United States as decora- tion. Mrs. Grinisley says ". . this latter, I know, was not paid for by the district commissioner, as was most unkindly charged when it was stored ; ' It has been suggested liiat the personal china was. ' Elizabeth Todd Grimslev, "Six Months in the VV'liite House," Journal, Illinois Stale Historical Society, vol. 1'), nos. 3-4, pp. 42-73. Figure G.—Custard cup From the Purple- Bordered .Slate China used during the administration of President .Abraham Lin- coln. (usNM acc. 206542; Smitlisonian piioto 44120-G.) paid for 1j\' a withdrawal of from the Presidents account with the bank of Riggs and Co. The personal china was an indiscreet purchase, at , and Mrs. Lincoln was soon of buying the china out of public funds. In the midst of the campaign in which Lincoln ran for re-election in 1864 an opposition newspaper, The .\eiv lork World, published a bitter attack on the President and his wife charging that the h\\\ submitted by Haughwout for the State ser\ice had been padded to include the cost of the personal china.' According to the paper's editorial, the deceit was discovered when the amount of the bill was questioned by a clerk in the Treasury Department and "Honest Abe," when cornered, made payment out of his own pocket. This .story seems to be refuted by the evidence on the Haughwout bill, which was signed by the Comptroller for payment on September 16, 18t)l, withi
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