Lincoln's National Inaugural Ball Invitation

Object/Artifact

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Porter County Museum

Name/Title

Lincoln's National Inaugural Ball Invitation

Entry/Object ID

2015.34.7

Description

Invitation to President Lincoln's national inaugural ball addressed to Miss Rose Howe. The intricate design features portraits of the president and the vice president.

Context

It is unclear if the invited Rose Howe was Rose Victoire Bailly Howe, daughter of Joseph Bailly, or her daughter Rose Frances Howe, a distinguished early graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Academy in 1860.

Acquisition

Accession

2015.34

Source or Donor

Found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1865

Exhibition

From a Bailly Point of View