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Hand-tinted quarter plate daguerreotype of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln taken March 4, 1861. No bids will be accepted unless prior approval is granted. Any potential bidder is asked to contact seller before attempting to place bid. The 'mirror image' of the daguerreotype has been reversed to show the Lincolns as they actually appeared. Two links have been provided at bottom of listing to view additional photos and the actual responses from the 'experts'. Exhaustive biographical accounts covering every aspect of Abraham Lincoln’s life from birth to death were recorded for the historical record soon after his assassination by many...

The portrait of Abraham Lincoln hanging in the entranceway is one of the only hints of the building's lost history. Bellevue Place, a grand structure with a limestone facade and towering windows, was once a sanitarium for women - and in the summer of 1875 a Cook County jury declared Mary Todd Lincoln insane and sent her here against her will. The building is now an apartment complex, and the details of Lincoln's stay have been lost in the passage of time. But current residents say they often wonder about the former first lady. "To think she walked up these...

Mary Todd Lincoln Was Institutionalized After President's Death (AP) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A historian has discovered letters written by Abraham Lincoln's wife during her stay at a sanitarium years after her husband's assassination. It was believed Mary Todd Lincoln's son had burned the letters to hide details of mother's mental health. But historian Jason Emerson came across photographed and handwritten copies of the letters in an attic last summer in Maryland. Eleven letters were from what have been called Mary Todd Lincoln's "insanity years." Emerson writes in the current issue of American Heritage magazine that the documents contain no major revelations....