Congressional mourning ribbon for Abraham Lincoln and related letter [Decimalized .01-.03]

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Accompanied by a letter of K.G. Ordway, the ribbon's designer and Sergeant at Arms of the House, to Orlando Kellogg, enclosing the ribbon and explaining that it was designed for members of Congress and how to wear it. Also accompanied by a signed card of George T. Brown, Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, permitting Kellogg and family. Dated April 15, 1865 - 29 July 1865.

GLC#
GLC01423
Type
Header Record
Date
1865
Title
Congressional mourning ribbon for Abraham Lincoln and related letter [Decimalized .01-.03]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Assassination
Lincoln Assassination
President
Congress
Death
Inauguration
Government and Civics

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GLC01423.01
Collection Item
Object

[Congressional mourning ribbon]

20 July 1865

Ordway, K.G., fl. 1855-1865

Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directle below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk...

GLC01423.01
Collection Item
Document signed

[Card admitting family of Orlando Kellog to Presidential inauguration]

May 4, 1865

Brown, George T., 1820-1880

Card admitting Kellogg and his family to the inauguration of President Lincoln.

GLC01423.03