Auction items are linked to Lincoln assassination

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Mar 21, 2005

A company that markets historical collectibles is auctioning items connected to President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, including a letter written by an eyewitness and a ticket from that night's play at Ford's Theatre.

An unidentified Raleigh family placed the collectibles up for auction through Raynor's Limited Edition Historical Collectible Auctions in Graham, N.C.

Members of the family are descendants of Ephraim and Margaret Jones, a couple who saw the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865, the night that Lincoln was assassinated.

In the letter Ephraim Jones wrote to his daughter, he said he and his wife had seen the attack.

Bidding began about two weeks ago and ends Thursday.