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Ford’s Theatre

September 16, 2016 by Jennifer

Displayed in the museum at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC is an autograph quilt created in 1864 to raise money for the US Sanitary Commission. Among the signatures are those of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Sanitary Commission Quilt

Sanitary Commission Quilt Guide Sanitary Commission Quilt Lincoln Sanitary Commission Quilt Grant

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