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Abraham Lincoln funeral train transportation pass

Creator:: United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher:: United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Collection:: Assassination Collection
Location:: Washington, D.C.
Date of Original:: 1865
Description:: Ticket, 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches; pass issued to Captain G.H. West, to accompany Abraham Lincoln's body on the funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, signed by William A. Nichols, mourning border; signatures of Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Bennett and Indiana Gov. Oliver P. Morton on reverse
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Funeral journey to Springfield; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial; West, G. H.; Bennett, Thomas W., 1831-1893; Nichols, William Augustus, 1818-1869; Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Ticket
Item ID:: 71200908500336
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908500336.tif
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only