Lincoln Museums/Attractions

[RJNorton]

That's a very interesting question, Bill. I was curious, and I researched it. And I found this:

"How did The Henry Ford acquire the Lincoln furniture? In the 1920s, when he was putting together his museum and village, Henry Ford acquired the Lincoln furniture from the descendants of the man who bought it from the Lincolns. Following Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860, the family sold nearly all of their household furnishings and equipment before they moved to Washington, D.C. One of Lincoln’s acquaintances, Harry Wilton, bought a number of the items. Wilton was an Illinois State Marshall and had been a neighbor of the Lincolns in Springfield during the 1850s. The furniture descended through Harry Wilton’s grandsons, who in turn sold it to The Henry Ford in 1930."


https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blo...-lincolns/