In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Index 251 Andrews, J. B., 41 Arnold, Isaac N., 50, 64, 67, 71, 97; as Mary Lincoln’s attorney, 58–59; on Mary Lincoln’s mental illness, 33, 49–50 Ayer, B. F., 50, 53, 58, 60 Badeau, Adam, 65, 135, 198 n. 99 Baker, Edward Lewis, 122, 124, 129 Baker, Jean H., 3, 42, 154, 215 n. 48 Barrett, Oliver R., 147 Barton, William E., 60 Bellevue Place Sanitarium, 42, 46, 61, 67, 71–100; aesthetics of, 71, 75; barred windows at, 72, 83, 94, 163, 236 n. 24; cost of, 61, 213 n. 96; location of, 71; Mary Lincoln at, 66, 72–100, 163–67; treatment at, 71, 190; typical patients at, 71–72, 75 Berhnardt, Sarah, 129 Beveridge, Albert , 140 Bipolar Disorder, 5, 155, 187–88, 190, 208 n. 10, 234 n. 7, 241 n. 13 Black, Chauncey F., 42 Booth, John Wilkes, 6–7 Bradwell, James, 2, 38–40, 76, 83, 91, 115, 125, 135, 138–39, 159, 174; abandonment of Mary Lincoln, 104; and Mary Lincoln ’s will, 3, 39–40, 103–4, 138, 177–78; argument with Dr. Patterson, 95, 98; as Mary Lincoln’s legal advisor, 78–79, 90, 92, 94–95, 103, 122, 170; newspapers on, 97, 99; letter to John Todd Stuart, 82–83, 163 Bradwell, Myra, 2, 3, 33, 38–39, 43, 56, 77–78, 87, 135, 138, 148, 159; abandonment of Mary Lincoln, 104; and Robert Lincoln, 84–89, 91–94, 96–97; belief in Mary Lincoln’s insanity, 77, 82, 84, 87; efforts to aid Mary Lincoln’s release from Bellevue Place, 77–100; effect on Mary Lincoln’s mental state, 85, 87, 91–92, 97, 99; letters from Mary Lincoln, 39, 43, 83–84, 89–90, 114–19, 121–22, 124–27, 160–62, 164–77; letters to Elizabeth Edwards, 82–83, 163–64, 167–68; newspapers on, 97, 99; relationship with Mary Lincoln, 38–40, 43, 77, 79–99, 103–4, 114–15, 125–27, 160–77; sensationalism of, 94–96, 104; visit to Bellevue Place, 82, 84–85, 91, 98–99, 167; visit to Mary Lincoln in Europe, 125, 175–77 Brown, Elizabeth Grimsley, 46–47, 53, 58, 65, 211 n. 74 Browning, Orville Hickman, 64 Brussel, James A., 152–53, 234 n. 3 Bunn, Jacob, 105, 111, 122, 124, 126 Burlingame, Michael, 11, 101, 154 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 140 Carpenter, Francis B., 24 Chicago Historical Society, 146–47 Chicago Legal News, 38, 56, 77, 115, 138–39 chloral hydrate, 41, 102, 207 nn. 65, 66 Danforth, Willis, 3, 60, 206 n. 53; as Mary Lincoln’s physician, 40–41, 46, 187; testimony at Mary Lincoln’s trial, 40, 51, 59, 235 n. 7 Davis, David, 26, 67, 102, 120, 232 n. 8, 239 n. 57; advice to Robert Lincoln, 46–47, 49, 51–54, 106–7, 111; on Mary Lincoln’s insanity, 28–29, 38, 64, 135 Davis, Nathan Smith, 50, 53 Dresser, Thomas W., 132 Edwards, Albert S., 65 Edwards, Elizabeth, 8, 13, 78–79, 82, 100–101, 103, 110, 122, 130, 133, 159, 163, 169, 171, 173, 175, 187, 217 n. 4; apology to Robert Lincoln, 88, 128; cowardice of, 88, 91, 109; invitation of Mary Lincoln to her house, 91, 96; letter to Myra Bradwell, 83, 164; on Mary Lincoln’s 252 . Index Edwards, Elizabeth (continued) commitment, 83, 164; on Mary Lincoln ’s character, 9, 24, 125; on Mary Lincoln’s mental illness, 24, 83, 88, 102–3, 108, 128, 130, 164; and Myra Bradwell, 82–83, 87, 91, 97; relationship with Mary Lincoln, 78, 166; relationship with Robert Lincoln, 101, 106, 120, 128, 166–67; refusal of responsibility for Mary Lincoln, 88; surgical operation , 83, 88, 164, 236 n. 26; on Todd family insanity, 101 Edwards, Ninian, 8, 108–9, 112–13, 119–22, 138, 170, 217 nn. 4, 5 Evans, W. A., 2, 132, 148, 151–53 Farnsworth, John Franklin, 78–83, 163, 165 Feldman, Robert G., 153, 227 n. 43 French, Benjamin, 13, 20, 25, 198 n. 4 Freud, Sigmund, 186, 240 n. 4 Friedman, Jane M., 148 Frost, Norman, 141; negotiation of purchase of Mary Lincoln–Myra Bradwell letters, 141–46, 179–81 Gage, Lyman J., 57, 60 Garfield, James A., 130–31 Gordon, James, 148 Gourley, James, 10, 23 Grant, Julia, 18, 198 n. 99 Grant, Ulysses S., 18, 25, 31, 65, 95, 197 n. 94 Gridley, Eleanor, 39, 146, 148, 233 n. 29 Harlan, Mary. See Lincoln, Mary Harlan Harris, Clara, 6...

Share