11" x 4" silver bullion fringe, accompanied by a 1p ALS on ruled 9" x 8" letter sheet, with PHILADELPHIA, FEB 4, 1909 handstamped at top. Written by A.G. Cooper and addressed to W. H. Hammersley, a Denver, Colorado antiquarian. Cooper relates that the fringe came from the catafalque of President Abraham Lincoln and that it was given to him by the late Mr. Earley undertaker who had charge of handling the body of our dear president in Phil.. A fine Lincoln relic.
11" x 4" silver bullion fringe, accompanied by a 1p ALS on ruled 9" x 8" letter sheet, with PHILADELPHIA, FEB 4, 1909 handstamped at top. Written by A.G. Cooper and addressed to W. H. Hammersley, a Denver, Colorado antiquarian. Cooper relates that the fringe came from the catafalque of President Abraham Lincoln and that it was given to him by the late Mr. Earley undertaker who had charge of handling the body of our dear president in Phil.. A fine Lincoln relic.
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