a watch fob of gold-bearing quartz, mounted in gold;
When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, and a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies. Given to his son Robert Todd upon Lincoln’s death, these everyday items, which through association with tragedy had become like relics, were kept in the Lincoln family for more than seventy years. They came to the Library in 1937 as part of the gift from Lincoln’s granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham,.
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I took this photo of my locket…. really a watch fob! ….California gold-in-quartz set in karat gold, manufactured in the last half of the 19th century.
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Nancy Lambert
I have a very similar watch fob to the one you have in the picture, without the locket. It has the same exact links. My grandmother had told me it was handed down to her, and was originally owned by General Grant, yet I am having difficulty finding proof since I wasn’t given any record of it. I’d love to speak with you and maybe text you a photo of it, see what you may know. Thanks