The return of Lincoln's body to the White House

[Jim Garrett]

Many items at the Smithsonian had very broad classifications. I surmise that the vile/container that contained Lincoln's blood may have been filed in the Natural History/Anatomical collection instead of the Political collection. The original card catalogue for the Smithsonian was digitized and the originals are either in deep storage in College Park, Md at best or they are lost at worst. The Smithsonian, like all museums these days are seriously understaffed and few have the time to be a sleuth.