Looking for Abraham Lincoln

[BettyO]

According to Twenty Days - towels were laid across the pillows - which they kept changing everytime Mary Lincoln came into the room. This was done so as not to distress her -

Here is the room with the bedstead showing the blood stained pillows and towel -





Detail of Towel laid across pillows -





Artifacts of the towel as well as pillow - courtesy Chicago Historical Society Site - Wet With Blood

http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/contents.htm



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