NEHS “ Abraham Lincoln Responds to the Little People’s Petition From Concord, Mass.”

Question

A really good read by the NEHS

See: Article “Abraham Lincoln Responds to the Little People’s Petition From Concord, Mass.”

Does Mary Rice have a wikitree profile?

Mary Rice House Here

Concord Village Map see the Mary Rice House - 44 Bedford St. (ca. 1840)

Answer 1

Great story!  Thanks for sharing it.

Don't know about Mary.  There are over 5000 people whose name could fit with some variation of Mary Rice in WikiTree.

978 of them were born between 1822 and 1846, which would make her age 18-42 at the time the letter was written.

259 of them had the exact surname of Rice.

158 of them had the LNAB of Rice, (since school teachers were usually not married.)

None of them were born in Massachusetts. (assuming that is her birth place.)

So, unless we can learn more about the place and exact year she was born, it (sadly) seems that she is not in WikiTree.

Comments

Might not be enough to find this person in history who you would think would of had more written about her. A common name of Mary Rice makes it almost impossible. They do have the house she lived recorded.

Answer 2

I looked at the Concord censuses, did not find anyone listed as school teacher. Censuses did not have street addresses so could not find 44 Bedford Street. Is this question worth pursuing?