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towel remnant
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- unknown
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- cloth, paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 8 in x 5 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0104
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Textiles
Description
Scrap of stained white towel tacked to a swatch of white woven cloth. The cloth is mounted at the bottom of a piece of lined white paper. The following is handwritten in black ink at the top of the paper: "A piece of towel used in dressing the wound of President Lincoln after the assassination on the 14th of April 1865. The President was taken to the house of a Mr. Peterson and his wound dressed. The Peterson's son was surgeon's steward with Dr. C.N. White on board the U.S.S. Roanoke, and this piece was given me by Dr. White. Laurel [?] T. Browne." The following is handwritten on the reverse of the paper: "Piece of the towel used in dressing the wounds of President Lincoln, Apl. 14 1865." Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
