The Madness of Mary Todd Wednesday, June 10 6-8pm South Auditorium (second floor) SIU School of Medicine 801 N. Rutledge 545-4261 Free

Historian and freelance writer Jason Emerson presents The Madness of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Emmet F. Pearson Memorial Medical History Lecture at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Emerson discusses his book about recently discovered letters pertaining to Mary Todd Lincoln’s life and insanity case. Some of the letters were written by Lincoln to her son, Robert, from the insane asylum. Emerson’s work is the first examination of Lincoln’s mental illness based on the lost letters and the first new interpretation of the insanity case in 20 years. The lecture is free and open to the public.