[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. Strands of hair attributed to Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln displayed with wallpaper from room in which he died at the Peterson House.

8 x 6 in. display containing: 1 strand of hair attributed as Abraham Lincoln's, approx. 3/4 in. long [left]. -- 3/8 x 3/8 in. remnant of the original wallpaper that was in the bedroom in which Lincoln died, formally belonging to Osborn H. Olroyd, a pioneer Lincoln collector, as per consignor's descriptive label [center]. -- 1 strand of hair attributed as Mary Todd Lincoln's, approx. 1/2 in. long [right]. With copy of image showing the bedroom in which Lincoln died at the Peterson House and typed descriptive label furnished by Carroll J. Delery III. 

No further documentation or certificate of authenticity accompanies the lot. 


Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the "Historical Shop"