Ring Presented to Abraham Lincoln
name: label: associated person
content: Washington, George
label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: An engraved gold locket ring with an inset intaglio agate profile of George Washington and enclosing a bit of wood from Washington's casket that was presented to President Abraham Lincoln. The gift represents a hope for Lincoln to share some of Washington's best qualities as head of state.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: National Symbols
label: Subject
content: Presidents
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lincoln Isham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.219098.11
label: catalog number
content: 219098.11
label: accession number
content: 219098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (coffin fragment material)