Extremely rare dark red fragment from a stripe of an American flag, measuring approximately 1.5 x 2.5, reputed to be part of the flag that was used to carry the wounded president from Ford’s Theatre, said to have been presented to eyewitness Jeannie Gourlay, the actress playing the part of Mary Trenchard in Our American Cousin the night of Lincoln’s assassination, by her father, who was one of the men that carried Lincoln’s body across the street to the Petersen house. Includes a small handwritten note, in full: “The piece of torn red flag is a part of the flag which covered Lincoln’s body as it was carried from Ford’s Theatre the night he was shot—carried across the Street.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an original silk memorial ribbon featuring an image of Lincoln and the text, “We Mourn Our Country’s Loss!” After President Lincoln was shot on the evening of April 14, 1865, he was carried across 10th Street to Petersen's boarding house where he died the following morning. An amazing relic from this moment of highest tragedy that infuses patriotism into an already extremely rare assassination relic. RR Auction COA.
