Section of bloodstained bandage attributed to that which bound the wounds of President Abraham Lincoln as he lay dying at the Petersen House on April 14-15, 1865. The swatch measures approximately 2.25″ x 1″, and was cut from a larger piece originating from the renowned collection of Dr. Gerald McMurtry, who built exceptional collections of Lincolniana for Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, and at the Lincoln Life Insurance Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The cloth's pattern matches similar samples held by the Chicago Historical Society and the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The large swatch from McMurtry's collection was sold by Skinner's in 2002, and subsequently dissected and sold piecemeal; this example was sold by Heritage in 2019. A remarkable blood relic from the Lincoln assassination.
