J. E. B. Stuart

[chrishunter]

A few years ago I found an academic paper on the web that covered USGIII's involvement with Ford's: http://bit.ly/1cmkXLI. USGIII was the caretaker of the Oldroyd collection in 1930 and he testified about it in 1930.

Rep. Rathbone was just one of several congressman who worked to have the government purchase the Oldroyd collection. The effort to have the government buy the collection go back to the early 1900's. Oldroyd wanted to secure the collection before died and the correspondence I've read indicates that several congressmen were concerned that the collection could be destroyed by fire, which was a very legitimate concern.

Rep. Rathbone gave the Lincoln birthday speech before the House of Representatives on 2/12/1924 and if you search loc.gov you'll find a couple of images of him at assassination-related sites or with artifacts such as the playbill from 4/14/1865.

(07-30-2013 08:15 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  I'm hoping Chris hunter will chime in here. U.S.G.3 I believe was instrumental, along with Henry Riggs Rathbone in funding for the Lincoln Museum in Washington, (Ford's Theatre and the Petersen House).