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A Relic from Lincoln's Deathbed?

Special | 37m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais examines a bedspread alleged to have been on Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed.

Aired 04/06/2015 | Rating TV-G

University Place

A Relic from Lincoln's Deathbed?

Special | 37m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais examines a bedspread alleged to have been on Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed.

Leslie Bellais, Curator, Costumes and Textiles, Wisconsin Historical Society, presents a bedspread from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s collection which was purported to have been on bed where Abraham Lincoln died. Bellais examines the evidence, sources and theories surrounding the bedspread.

Aired 04/06/2015 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

A Relic from Lincoln's Deathbed?

Special | 37m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais, Curator, Costumes and Textiles, Wisconsin Historical Society, presents a bedspread from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s collection which was purported to have been on bed where Abraham Lincoln died. Bellais examines the evidence, sources and theories surrounding the bedspread.

Aired 04/06/2015 | Rating TV-G

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