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The New Hampshire Historical Society is currently presenting an exhibition entitled Abraham Lincoln and New Hampshire
Among the items owned by the Society is a piece of Lincoln's coat that he was wearing when he was shot at Ford's Theater:
"One of the many items in the exhibition is a fragment of the coat Lincoln was wearing when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Dr. Ezra W. Abbott of Concord was one of six men who carried the wounded president from Ford’s Theatre. He preserved a section of the sleeve from Lincoln’s coat, cut away in search of the fatal bullet wound. Years later, Abbott recalled the event. "During the entire night I kept the record, and the only one, of the president’s respiration and pulsation, noting them every half hour. At 3 a.m. I went to the office of the National Intelligencer and left a copy of my memoranda up to that time. I resumed my position at the foot of the sufferer’s bed, and remained there until he breathed his last, at 7:22 a.m"
Among the items owned by the Society is a piece of Lincoln's coat that he was wearing when he was shot at Ford's Theater:
"One of the many items in the exhibition is a fragment of the coat Lincoln was wearing when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Dr. Ezra W. Abbott of Concord was one of six men who carried the wounded president from Ford’s Theatre. He preserved a section of the sleeve from Lincoln’s coat, cut away in search of the fatal bullet wound. Years later, Abbott recalled the event. "During the entire night I kept the record, and the only one, of the president’s respiration and pulsation, noting them every half hour. At 3 a.m. I went to the office of the National Intelligencer and left a copy of my memoranda up to that time. I resumed my position at the foot of the sufferer’s bed, and remained there until he breathed his last, at 7:22 a.m"
