Lincoln's Waistcoat

Frock coat, waistcoat, trousers, tie and boots owned by President Abraham Lincoln and possibly worn to Ford's Theatre the night he was assassinated, April 14, 1865. After John Wilkes Booth's fatal shot, doctors removed Lincoln's coat, tie and trousers, but had to cut off his shirt. Lincoln's boots were custom-made by shoemaker Peter Kahler of New York from a tracing of Lincoln's feet. They are a size 14.