to the historian is here with us which is a strange place to me since it was robert todd lincoln who is responsible for for the short term confinement of mary lincoln at bellevue and the story goes on that jason had told harold holzer and by about these long lost letters we encouraged him to write about them we recommended to sylvia frank rodriguez and editor at southern illinois university press as we did his forthcoming book on robert todd lincoln and the southern illinois university press credit they published the madness of mary lincoln which we hope all of you will see. so we are very pleased to welcome you, jason, has a first presenter from first time presenter here we expect so much more from new and we will see it, too. welcome, jason emmerson. [applause] >> thank you, frank and her role as well it is a pleasure to be here. in august of 1875 after having lived at bellevue sanitarium for more than two months by their son robert declared insane by a chicago jury mary lincoln road to her friend it does not appear god is good to have placed me here. i endeavor to read my bible an

to the historian is here with us which is a strange place to me since it was robert todd lincoln whorm confinement of mary lincoln at bellevue and the story goes on that jason had told harold holzer and by about these long lost letters we encouraged him to write about them we recommended to sylvia frank rodriguez and editor at southern illinois university press as we did his forthcoming book on robert todd lincoln and the southern illinois university press credit they published the madness of mary lincoln which we hope all of you will see. so we are very pleased to welcome you, jason, has a first presenter from first time presenter here we expect so much more from new and we will see it, too. welcome, jason emmerson. [applause] >> thank you, frank and her role as well it is a pleasure to be here. in august of 1875 after having lived at bellevue sanitarium for more than two months by their son robert declared insane by a chicago jury mary lincoln road to her friend it does not appear god is good to have placed me here. i endeavor to read my bible and offer my petitions three times a d

robert todd lincoln was garfield secretary of war saffer bliss after the shooting, i saw in this national tragedy a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fame and power. he immediately took charge of the president's medical care, even though no one had given him the authority. he just took it. he dismissed the other.there's been completely isolated garfield in a sick room in the white house. he wouldn't even let him see his secretary of state. and what happened in that room, inside the white house, is nothing short of horrifying. last and assertions he had helped to pick him unsterilized fingers and instruments and garfield's back again and again, day after day, searching for the bullet. the last thing he wanted was for garfield to die. he had to much at stake, but it's an arrogance and endurance were slowly and excruciatingly killing the president. the only hope for garfield was to find the bullet and endless search, but this is 14 years before the invention of the medical x-ray. what happened next is nothing short of incredible. only the most brazen novelist would make it out. none other t

robert todd lincoln was garfield secretary of war saffer bliss after the shooting, i saw in this national tragedy a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fame and power. he immediately took charge of the president's medical care, even though no one had given him the authority. he just took it. he dismissed the other.there's been completely isolated garfield in a sick room in the white house. he wouldn't even let him see his secretary of state. and what happened in that room, inside the white house, is nothing short of horrifying. last and assertions he had helped to pick him unsterilized fingers and instruments and garfield's back again and again, day after day, searching for the bullet. the last thing he wanted was for garfield to die. he had to much at stake, but it's an arrogance and endurance were slowly and excruciatingly killing the president. the only hope for garfield was to find the bullet and endless search, but this is 14 years before the invention of the medical x-ray. what happened next is nothing short of incredible. only the most brazen novelist would make it out. none other t