. Curios and relics. Clothing . Copyright 1965, by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. President Lincolns Brooks Brothers frockcoat and suit trousers. JAN 3 1968 dSD / 760 (LtrLINCOLN—Fro hi Page Al New Fords MuseiiMSeeks Lincoln Attire terior Department officialshoped to have-them for dis- .play then in thecenter ofthe Museums rotunda. The :p r o b 1 e m, Hubbardsaid, is the Departments in^ability to get an appropria-tion for the purchase, or tofind a patron willing to buythe garments and donatethem to the Museum. He added that Mrs. Smith, .who has dealt with the De- .partment
. Curios and relics. Clothing . Copyright 1965, by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. President Lincolns Brooks Brothers frockcoat and suit trousers. JAN 3 1968 dSD / 760 (LtrLINCOLN—Fro hi Page Al New Fords MuseiiMSeeks Lincoln Attire terior Department officialshoped to have-them for dis- .play then in thecenter ofthe Museums rotunda. The :p r o b 1 e m, Hubbardsaid, is the Departments in^ability to get an appropria-tion for the purchase, or tofind a patron willing to buythe garments and donatethem to the Museum. He added that Mrs. Smith, .who has dealt with the De- .partment through a North .Carolina law firm, was sofar unwilling to lend theclothing for the opening.*Mrs. Smith has been un-available for comment. Hubbard produced affi-davits and copies of lettersdating back to Mrs. Lincolnherself, and including thoseof Museum and Departmentexaminers, Which he saidhave satisfied the Depart-ment as to the authenticityof the apparel. We feel these are themost important and mean-ingful Lincoln effects
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