Did Mary Lincoln need committal?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thank you, Roger. These documents are interesting. It seems one doctor's opinion indeed had been sufficient (since there is obviously no other written medical expert assessment) to determine her fate. And obviously many fates were tried that way, regarding the printed form.

I forgot one question:
3.) Who initiated the investigations? Was it still Thaddeus Stevens (since the Committee on House Appropriations rooted in the Committee on Ways and Means)?

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(08-25-2013 07:11 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I don't know about alleged stealing from the White House, but as First Lady, she had run up considerable debt. She was extemely worried about having enough money, and in later years worried Robert was taking her money away from her.

The following announcement appeared in the "Springfield Journal" in fall 1867:
"Hon. Davis David, administrator of the estate of the late President Lincoln, made a final settlement of the estate...After paying all debts and expenses, there remains the sum of $110;295.90...Since the death of the President, Mrs. Lincoln has received from the estate $4,085.51, Robert Lincoln $7,300.15..."
Thus, until then Robert had taken nearly twice as much.