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Box 1

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Contains 46 Results:

LINCOLN BADGE worn by W. M. LENHART in campaign of 1860, 1860-1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F80
Scope and Contents

Includes 1923 letter written by Walter M. Lenhart describing the badge and its history, as well as information about Lincoln and his campaign, plus correspondence between Norman Rood and Frank Tallman. Gift of Norman Rood.

Dates: 1860-1923

Piece of bandage placed on Lincoln when he was shot, [1865 April 14]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F81
Scope and Contents

"A very rare relic, a piece of the bandage placed on Lincoln when he was shot. Willed to Christian C. Sanderson by Mr. John Rose, who was present at the assassination of Lincoln." (No. 22)

Dates: [1865 April 14]

Bow from inside hat Lincoln wore the night he was shot, [1865 April 14]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F82
Scope and Contents

"This bow was taken from the inside of the hat worn by Lincoln on the night he was shot in Ford's Theatre." (No. 21)

Dates: [1865 April 14]

List of Lincoln books, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F21
Scope and Contents Also includes copies of the following books: Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years . New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1927; Temple, Wayne C. "The Taste Is In My Mouth a Littleā€¦": Lincoln's Victuals and Potables . Mahomet, Ill.: Mayhaven Publishing, 2004; and Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of...
Dates: undated