Abraham Lincoln Room
BELOW: This is the actual chair from his Presidential rail car
LEFT: This is a lock of Mary Todd Lincoln's hair. Her hair is about 100 times more rare than a sample from her assasinated husband.
ABOVE: Dress was owned and worn by Mary Todd Lincoln.
ABOVE: Plaque once adorned a building housing Lincoln's law office, as well as a U.S. courtroom.
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LEFT: A lock of hair from our 14th President.
LEFT: Mrs. Francis P. Blair
Francis P. Blair was a pioneer in the founding of the Republican party and served President Abraham Lincoln in an informal capacity many times. It was Blair who offered R.E.Lee the command of the Union army at the outset of the Civil War. He also served as a go-between Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in trying to end the conflict. This black dress was worn by Mrs. Francis P. Blair at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
ABOVE: This brick is from a building that once housed Lincoln's law offices, as well as a U.S. courtroom.
