Fred Petersen "sold" relics

[RJNorton]

I could try contacting Robert Bain and see if he knows anything about the relics. I exchanged a few messages with him many years ago; at that time he was trying to sell a coverlet from the Petersen House that he said had been in his family all these years. (As I recall Rich Smyth once told me the coverlet went missing after it was on display in Springfield for the 50th anniversary of Lincoln's death; thus there may be questions on the provenance of what Robert Bain told me he has.) If I receive a reply from Robert Bain I will post it here.