Abraham Lincoln relics, 1865.

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Abraham Lincoln relics, 1865.

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Items related to the assassination include piece of fabric from the coat he wore, a piece of the wallpaper and oilcloth from the box he sat in at the theatre and a piece of the fabric used to stop the blood flow. A piece of wood from the gallows steps climbed by the conspirators. A Lincoln seal (wax). 2 pieces of Executive Mansion mourning stationery and five envelopes. Two of the envelopes bear an ink sketch of Lincoln's head.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...