The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters Quotes

“map with the number 3 above it is Bellevue Place sanitarium.”
― Myra Helmer Pritchard, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

“New York."' While a patient at Bellevue Place, Mary Lincoln was allowed to take walks and carriage rides around the town-accompanied by an attendant-whenever she chose. The large building near the top left of the”
― Myra Helmer Pritchard, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

“beautiful river, about whose borders a dense foliage casts lingering shadows. No picture on canvas can rival the landscapes I have seen here." Robert Lincoln characterized Batavia succinctly as "the most beautiful country west of”
― Myra Helmer Pritchard, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

“town, with its charming surroundings, nestled cosily in the green hollow of the Fox River valley," wrote a Chicago reporter who traveled to Batavia to visit Mary Lincoln in July 1875. "A lovely undulation of hill and dale threaded by a”
― Myra Helmer Pritchard, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

“Batavia, where Bellevue Place sanitarium was located, was a thriving town in a magnificent landscape. "You cannot imagine a cooler, shadier, more delightful retreat from the noise and heat of the city, than this beautiful little island”
― Myra Helmer Pritchard, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters