White House Coffee Cup
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: associated institution
content: White House, The
notes: label: Description
content: Richmond had fallen. Lee had surrendered. The war was finally coming to an end. It was time to celebrate the victory, unify the American people, and rebuild the nation. On the evening of Good Friday, April 14, Lincoln decided to spend a relaxing evening at the Ford’s Theatre.
label: Description
content: After dressing for the evening, a White House servant observed the president leaving behind this cup on a windowsill just before departing. The servant preserved it as a relic of that tragic night. Years later Capt. D. W. Taylor presented this cup to Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln’s eldest son, who maintained it as a family heirloom.
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: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
label: Exhibition
content: First Ladies
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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.219098.09
label: catalog number
content: 219098.09
label: accession number
content: 219098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: purple; white, gold trim (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 8.255 cm x 9.8425 cm
label: Measurements
content: part:: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm