国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 2月20日 22時47分

Today's #FamousChunkOfWood: a piece of mahogany from President George Washington's coffin.
In 1837, Washington's remains were moved to a new tomb. His family planned to make souvenirs from the mahogany covering of his lead-lined coffin. But it was too deteriorated. So they distributed small pieces of the wood.
The note on this piece reads, "Washington's Coffin presented to Mr. Saltonstall by a nephew, + namesake of Washington residing at Mount Vernon." This Mr. Saltonstall is believed to be Leverett Saltonstall, a Massachusetts congressman from 1838-1843. Saltonstall often visited Mount Vernon, where he likely received this coffin piece from John Augustine Washington, who was George Washington's great-grandnephew and Mount Vernon's last resident owner.

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