Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

[RJNorton]

GATH writes, "Three years ago, when little Willie Lincoln died, Doctors Brown and Alexander, the embalmers or injectors, prepared his body so handsomely that the President had it twice disinterred to look upon it. The same men, in the same way, have made perpetual these beloved lineaments."

Like many books this is somewhat misleading IMO. The actual embalmer was Henry Pratt Cattell who was a senior member of the firm of Brown and Alexander. Cattell embalmed Willie Lincoln in 1862 and Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Andrew Johnson was present during Lincoln's embalming. The charge for the embalming was $100.00.