[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION.] Fabric fragment, 1 ½ by ¼ inches, of white cotton...

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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION.]
Fabric fragment, 1 ½ by ¼ inches, of white cotton towel with some darkening; together with note of provenance, 1 p, 12mo, n.p., [April 23, 1865], identifying the fragment as having come from the towel "used in wiping the blood from the wound of our Good President A. Lincoln,"...

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