Was Lincoln’s coffin opened in February 1866 ?

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Launceston is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia. But The Launceston Examiner of Wednesday June 13, 1866 (eightteen sixty six) printed the same article.

   

   

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/365...oomLevel=1

Page 2, bottom, 4th column

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(02-18-2015 06:22 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  I was curious about the sentence which reads, "The face was examined through the glass covering which underlies the outer strata of the case..."

What glass covering?

Also, I am curious as to why this might have happened in the first place. The article says the Missouri Democrat was the source and gives a February 10 date, so this allegedly happened fairly early in February. We know the remains were identified December 21, 1865. So why, less than two months later, would yet another "official identification" even be necessary? Was the December 21 opening not considered "official?"

I searched for other newspapers that carried this same article and found quite a few. For example The Launceston Examiner (Tasmania, Australia) carried the article on June 13, 1866, and gave its source as the March 13, 1866, London Evening Sun.

Roger, I saw that you already found the Launceston Examiner ! I too have "problems" with the glass covering, and the fact that the embalming seemed to be a "failure". But WHY was this printed in several newspapers all over the world? Because it was true, or ........