Treasury Department order: Mourning band

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Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln
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Printed order issued by the Treasury Department in Washington and signed by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch instructing all Treasury employees to wear a crepe arm band for six months following Lincoln's assassination.
Source

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 3 Folder 13.
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McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895United States. Department of the Treasury. "Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/295

Document from Apr. 17, 1865

Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln

Description

Printed order issued by the Treasury Department in Washington and signed by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch instructing all Treasury employees to wear a crepe arm band for six months following Lincoln's assassination.
Source

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 3 Folder 13.
Rights

This item is in the Public Domain
Creator

McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895United States. Department of the Treasury
Date

April 17, 1865