Interesting Relic

[RJNorton]

Thanks for posting this, Rich.

"Parker Snow had presented an interesting relic to be interred in President Abraham Lincoln's coffin. In the April 26, 1865, New York Herald page 1 Column 4, was the following article: "Captain Parker Snow, the distinguished commander of the Arctic and Antarctic exploring expeditions, presented to Gen. Dix, with a view of their being interred in the coffin of the President, some interesting relics of Sir John Franklin's ill fated expedition. They consisted of a tattered leaf of a Prayer Book, on which the first word legible was the word "Martyr," and a piece of fringe and some portions of uniform. These suggestive relics, which are soon to be buried out of sight, were found in a boat lying under the head of a human skeleton."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parker_Snow

It's also mentioned here.

When Lincoln's remains were last viewed in 1901 the observers reported that there were some bits of red fabric in the coffin. Possibly from the relics placed there in 1865?