Mary Lincoln's Mourning Watch
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Mary Todd
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Lincoln used this black onyx lapel watch as her personal timepiece for the remainder of her life.
label: Description
content: Mary Lincoln never overcame the tragedies she endured. She came out of mourning on only one occasion, at the request of her son Tad for one of his birthdays. The two were almost inseparable until his death, possibly from tuberculosis, in 1871 at age 18. In 1882, at age 63, Mary died in Springfield, Illinois, at the home of her sister.
label: Description
content: Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958
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content: Political History: Political History, White House/First Ladies Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lincoln Isham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.225754.02
label: catalog number
content: 225754.02
label: accession number
content: 225754
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lapel watch
label: Object Name
content: watch chain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: onyx (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm