. Curios and relics. Clothing . ls officeall work had stopped and on myway back to the room saw ahearse pass taking the Presi-dents body to the White Houseto be embalmed . . bells tolland crepe is hung on mostbuildings. . Tuesday 18th: Quitewarm. On way to War Depart-ment met Gen. Grant alone. Helooked sad and I only recognizedhim by the three stars on hisshoulders. . At 3 clerks all as-sembled and proceeded to theWhite House where thousandswere waiting to get in. Passedinto East Room and viewed has-tily and unsatisfactorily the faceof Mr. Lincoln in his coffin. . .The features looked rat
. Curios and relics. Clothing . ls officeall work had stopped and on myway back to the room saw ahearse pass taking the Presi-dents body to the White Houseto be embalmed . . bells tolland crepe is hung on mostbuildings. . Tuesday 18th: Quitewarm. On way to War Depart-ment met Gen. Grant alone. Helooked sad and I only recognizedhim by the three stars on hisshoulders. . At 3 clerks all as-sembled and proceeded to theWhite House where thousandswere waiting to get in. Passedinto East Room and viewed has-tily and unsatisfactorily the faceof Mr. Lincoln in his coffin. . .The features looked rather pain-ful. A sad scene. Nearly a month later, underthe date of May 18, Farnhamnoted in his diary how he ob-tained the cuff. ... Thursday 18th: Calledon Mrs. Coleman who gave me arelic of Mr. A. Lincoln; a cuffcut from the shirt he wore whenassassinated. Hostick said he bought the twoitems from relatives of Farn-ham. —i> 73 THK CAPITOL DOME A Newsletter published byThe United States Capitol Historical Society. Vol. 3, No. 2 *** April 1968 Society Presents Lincoln Apparel to Fords The United States Capitol Historical So-ciety presented the suit of clothes worn byPresident Abraham Lincoln the night ht wasshot to the National Park Service for display-in Fords Theater. Society president FredSchwengel entrusted the suit, with letters testi-fying to its authenticity, to Secretary of the In-terior Stewart Udall on January 23, of a $25,000 gift from the AmericanTrucking Association Foundation, the CapitolHistorical Society acquired the collection fromMrs. J. Marvin Smith of North Carolina. Mrs. Smiths grandfather, Alphonse Donn,was one of Lincolns bodyguards; he receivedthe suit from Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln ninedays after the assassination. In 1903 Donn re-fused showman P. T. Barnums offer of $20,-000 for the apparel. The garments remained insafe-deposit boxes until the Capitol HistoricalSociety purchased them from Mrs. Smith andarranged for their display in a plac
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