Evening star., 1897-03-03
WHERE LINCOLN DIED.
Interesting Collection of Relics In the
House on 10th Street.

On the 18th instant, throughout this
country from hamlet to city, a still weep
ing nation commemorated the eighty hi h
birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Yet, not
among all those numerous services, as re-
ported by .he press. there was not SIN
gle reference to the house on 10th street
where the martyred President died. Around
that house. where the immortal Lincoln,
struck down by the assassins bullet.
breathed his last. cluster and cling the
sorrowful recollections of a mourning peo-
pie.
Thanks to the unceasing efforts of the
Memorial Association of the District of
Columbia, composed of such distinguished
men as Chief Justice Fuller its presi-
dent. the Rev. DIR. Teunis Hamlin as vice
president, with Gardiner G. Hubbard, NJ.
NJ. Parker. Gen. Schofield, l.. g. Letter,
eN-Secreiary of State Foster, John Hay.
Prof. Langley, s. = Kaufman and
Others as their associates, the government,
authorized by an act of Congress, las
purchased the house, and il is eNpec ted
that in the near future will turn it over
TO the Memorial Association. which first
directed its efforts toward preserving the
house in which Lincoln lied.
Collection of Relics.
1t leased the house to save it from de-
molition, placed in it the unique and valu-
able coilec ton of relics gathered by Capt.
o. H. Oldroyd. and has for nearly three
years held the property as a museum. In
this collection Mr.. Oldroyd has kept on
securing every article of interest until
his collection row numbers 900 articles
relating to the martyred President. The
walls of four rooms and large hall are
literally covered with his pictures, Te-
dallions and glass cases filled with curios.
tracing the tragic life of Lincoln from
the cradle to the grave. Particularly is
the collectio rich in mementoes of the
of1 -rv,.
of Linccln's early life until the moment
of his burial at Springfield. ILL.,, May 4.
1865.
To give a list of the articles in This col
lection would require a good sized hook.
There are thirteen pieces of furniture from
Lincoln's home at Springfield, 23 pieces o.
statuary, 1I9 portraits. consisting of pho
tographs, steel engravings. &c; 345 mis-
medals, $50 funeral sermons, 30 auto
graphic tributes to the memory of Lin
coin by emiEent persons and the carly
associates OF the dead martyr. 65 pieces of
sheet music published after his death, 1000
miscellaneous books relating to Lincoln,
slavery and the civil war, Photographic
views of the conspirators and their execu-
ton. The collection contains many auto
graph letters of Lincoln's familiar hand.
the old-fas hicned beaver hat which Mr.
Lincoln wore on that fatal night at Fcrd's
Theater, the Royal Oak" stove used in
his Springfield home, upon which Mrs.
century ago; the cradle in which his chill
dren were rocked. and his old family Bible.
There Is black locust rail that Lfr. Lin
coin split when he built the fence around
his fathers little log cabin near Dec eatur.
ILL.,, in 1890, taken from the fence in 1860
by John Hanks. the cousin of Mr.. Lincoln.
Clark Mills and Leonard w. Volk have
each life mask there besides the cast of
L.ncoln's two hands. which were made by
Mr. Volk at Springfield the morning after
Mr. Lincoln received notification of his
nomination in 1860. One article OF historic
value is a scrap book filled with newspaper
clippings, giving detailed account OF
the funeral procession from Washington
to Springfield. taken from local papers
at the places which the funeral train
touched. Besides this detailed newspaper
account of the funeral there Is a collec-
ton of over 800 different newspapers CIV
ing an account Of the assassination and
death. The statues of Lincoln and Doug
lass stand face to face, as did the two
great giants In their famous debates of
1883. The fractional currency is represent
ed by full set of the different denomina-
tions. including the JO-cent piece with Lin
coins portrait and all the postage and
department stamps bearing the Lincoln
likeness. from a 4-cent to q 0O-cent stamp.
The illustrations OF the assassination and