| Show TO RELICS OF LINCOLN wonderful collection gathered and placed in the house where he died HE building in which Lin lincoln coli THE T died 0 on n tenth street washing ton is ili now owned by the government ern ment it houses the wonderful collection of lincoln relics which has been the life work of mr 0 11 this work was wag begun in 1860 and has continued ever 7 i q q Lincol ns office chair since until now there here t are in this mass of material thousands of newspaper clippings hundreds of pictures books drawings badges sermons speeches and every imaginable thing than connected with Lincol ns career here are to be found the chair he used in his office his death cleath mask the chair in which he sat when killed a rail split by his hand a theater bill of fords of the night of the as assassination si booths spur a cooking stove used by the lincoln family dozens or of Lincol ns articles of furniture statu ettes autographs the cradle in which the lincoln children were rocked the 0 spur that was fatal to booth lincoln family bible in a word thousands of articles of every kind relating to him there is nothing which could be tr traced aced as having once belonged to lincoln that mr did not secure it if purchasable and it is safe to say that his bis collection is the most remarkable of its kind in tho the world for it is the work of more than fifty years of a mans life devoted almost solely to this one object while the building belongs to the government the collection is still owned by mr to whom the writer is indebted for the illustrations in this article washington star |
