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What happened to the original casket?
04-21-2014, 01:35 PM (This post was last modified: 04-21-2014 01:48 PM by BettyO.)
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RE: What happened to the original casket?
Quote:Apparently the 6 handles (one broken) are now housed at the Historic Auto Attractions Museum in Roscoe, IL. Has anyone ever been there? The museum also claims to have Abraham Lincoln's straight razor, hair samples from Abraham Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, and Mary Surratt, plus the manacles worn by Lewis Powell. And these are just a sample of the items the museum claims it has.

Roger - If these manacles "worn by Powell" belonged to Lattimer - they are supposedly the correct ones. Lattimer, years ago, showed me the provenience. I can't vouch for anything else. We DO now know that the supposed "knife" which Lattimer also owned is the wrong one and that the correct one is at the Huntington -

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RE: What happened to the original casket? - BettyO - 04-21-2014 01:35 PM

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