New Book to be published on the Petersen House

[Lincoln Wonk]

You're experience may be typical, Herb, because they didn't pay him quickly and they didn't pay all that Petersen asked, but they did eventually pay a very fair amount. I only have paper records on it, so I don't have it at hand, but he was fairly compensated.
The bill also created bad press for Mr. Petersen in newspapers of the day. They criticized him for asking for payment for relics that others would consider priceless mementos of President Lincoln.