A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons Lyrics

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Cover art for A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

Her son, Robert, took her to court to commit her. She was known to buy hundreds of dollars worth of material which would have been used to make curtains with, but after abraham died she lived mainly in hotels until she moved in with her sister shortly before her death. After Abraham died, Tadd died, and then she lost it. She spent four (?) months in a sanitorium and afterwards disowned Robert.