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[Abraham Lincoln] Lincoln's Bloodstained Shirt

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[Abraham Lincoln] Lincoln's Bloodstained Shirt Cuff, With the Period Diary of itsOwner, John T. Farnham. The relic itself is a rounded­edge cuff, 9.5" x 4", holed for cuffbuttons; it is rather soiled, and spattered in a few spots with small reddish­brown drops ofblood. Farnham, a clerk in the Adjutant General's office, has written across it on one side, inink: "This cuff was cut from the shirt worn by Abraham Lincoln when assassinated atFord's Theatre April 14th 1865 by J. Wilkes Booth".

Together with Farnham's pocket diary, about 3" x 5" inches, and a half­inch thick, bound inflexible brown leather. Signed on the front free endpaper in pencil and noted, in ink, as beinghis "Field Diary 1864 Oct. 10th to June 21st 1865." Many entries are densely written. On April14 he notes going to see "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" (unbeknownst to him, TaddieLincoln was also in the audience, while his parents attended Ford's). "A panic was

caused...by the announcement that the President had been assassinated...(shot in the head)with the assassin escaping... A desperate tragedy, and the audience left Grover's before theplay ended. I went to Ford's....Mr. L. had been taken across street to private house,insensible. A crowd stood in waiting, in bad humor with rebels. Excited. At 11­1/2 thecrowds were dispersed... Saturday 15th. Rain all day and the heavens are clothed inblack... [S]aw hearse pass taking the President's body to the White House to be embalmed...Bells toll and crepe is hung on most buildings..." His entry for the 18th mentions running into"Lieut. Genl. Grant, alone. He looked sad and I only recognized him by the three stars on hisshoulders... [P]roceeded to White House where thousands were waiting to get in. Passed intoEast Room and viewed hastily and unsatisfactorily the face of Mr. Lincoln in his splendidcoffin... The features looked rather painful and a white powder had been sprinkled on theface. A sad scene." On May 18th, Farnham reveals that he "called on Miss Coleman whogave me as a relic of A. Lincoln, a cuff cut from the shirt he wore when assassinated. I wasglad to get the relic." His entries for April 14­15 have a few simple hand­drawn mourningrules. Moderate wear, but basically fine. Exceptional Lincoln memorabilia, worthy of furtherresearch.

Provenance: Farnham heirs to King V. Hostick, Springfield, Ill.; to Dr. Lattimer.

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