doctors at lincoln's bedside

[L Verge]

(09-07-2014 07:24 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Great minds think alike, Linda. I did the same thing when I read about Dr. Crane here. Inquiring minds want to know...

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(09-07-2014 06:15 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  Dr. Robert King Stone also served as the physician for Senator Jefferson Davis and family. He was known for having somewhat southern views. There is very little information about Dr. Stone. I could not find an obituary on him. Unusual for a man of his stature.

Dr. Charles Crane was from New York. His father served in a New York militia unit during the War of 1812 with Washington Irving. Charles Crane's father was Ichabod Crane.

Jim,

Regarding Dr. Stone, check here: http://lincolncottage.files.wordpress.co...25_231.jpg

According to this source, Dr. Stone is buried in Rock Creek Church Cemetery near the Lincoln Cottage. He was first entombed in the Stone family mausoleum in Section A and then interred in a grave. There is a picture of the entrance to the mausoleum on this blog as well as a monument that lists Robert King Stone and Isabella Ritchie Stone - but, I don't think that was his wife's name, maybe his mother's?

Some of you may be familiar with the historian and Americana collector Raleigh DeGeer Amyx. As coincidence would have it, some of his collection is being auctioned off on September 17-18, 2014, in Boston. Dr. Stone's medical kit that he supposedly used with President Lincoln is among the items for sale. Details of auction are at RRAuction.com. Have fun...

Just received this note from a friend who keeps up with auctions:

Hi Laurie,

http://digitalissue.laweekly.com/article...ticle.html

I'm sending this because of your note that RR Auctions, selling the collection of Raleigh Degeer Amyx, is partially owned by John Reznikoff, owner of Universtiy Archives. The medical kit of Dr Stone being offered in the auction, despite being Stone's, is purely ephemera as the kit consists of a hypodermic syringe and needles which were not used on Lincoln the night of the assassination. They may have been in the Petersen house, but weren't used. In addition, the Lincoln eye glasses offered in the sale have no provenance.

Buyer beware.