Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

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I have very serious doubts that there was any view of the Soldiers' Home from the White House, and it certainly was not known as a mental facility (Mrs. Keckly states "lunatic asylum").

Having done a bit of research on Elizabeth Keckly when the Surratt Society raised funds to mark her grave about a decade ago, I have a lot of faith in her words and believe she was a very honorable lady. If anyone wrote falsely in her book, it would have been the publisher -- and I suspect he or his editor would have had no idea whether or not the Government Hospital for the Insane was visible from the White House.