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CONTENTS Illustrations vii Foreword ix Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith Preface xi 1. The Trial 1 2. Commitment 27 3. Release 53 4. The Experiment 73 5. A New Trial 93 6. Conclusion 120 Appendix: Letters and Fragments by Mary Todd Lincoln, Discovered in the Insanity File 147 Notes 185 Index 201 ...

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