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When Mary Todd Lincoln’s Son Had Her Declared Insane

GREAT AMERICAN SCANDALS

Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s surviving wife, was declared insane after a case brought by her son Robert. But she was determined to escape the institution she was placed in.

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