Ephemera

Many additional sources are on display in the museum gallery. Related vertical file material is available upon request.

#80-1687 Three Campaign ribbons for the election of 1860. Ribbons, 1860. 3 items. Silk campaign ribbons that were issued during the campaign of the national election of 1860. Two of them are illustrations (with text) of Abraham Lincoln, and one ribbon depicts Lincoln and Hamlin together, shown without text.

#80-1655 Ford's Theatre ticket, dated March 27, 1865. 1 item. This Ford's Theatre ticket has been described in a rare autograph catalogue as an item found on the body of Lewis Payne [Lewis T. Powell], one of the conspiratos against President Lincoln. Originally from the Philip Birman Collection.

#80-1623 Schedule of the order of the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln. Washington, D.C., 1865. 1 item. This published article is entitled "Obsequies of President Lincoln," and it details the order of the funeral procession of President Lincoln.

#95-008b Orchestra chair coupon, Ford's Theatre, dated Ap[ri]l 14, 1865. 1 item. A reserved ticket that was used at Ford's Theatre on the night that President Lincoln was assassinated. It was donated by A.L. Merritt.