SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The red leather-bound book had long gone ... at Missouri Baptist University and the author of “George Washington’s Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders.” ...

Was George Washington an early adopter of the ... A plaque with a few strands of Washington’s hair and some scrapings from the red cedar case containing his casket is one of the most unusual ...

Imagine the archivist’s surprise when the strands turned out to be the hair of George Washington ... project archivist who flagged the well-worn red leather almanac for further examination ...

If you’re combing for a George Washington memento, a lock of the Founding Father’s hair is up for auction. The Leland’s auction house is offering multiple strands of the first president’s ...

Picture a portrait of George Washington. He's probably looking a bit severe, back straight and lips drawn in a stiff line. His coat is dark, his cheeks likely flushed. And his hair is always a ...

Boston-based RR Auction is selling nearly 300 historic items related to the presidency, ranging from locks of George and Martha Washington’s hair to John ... Harvard crimson red wool sweater ...

What stories do locks of George Washington’s hair in archives and museums have to tell? And what do they say about the cult of Revolutionary War-era relics and patriotic memory? Author Keith ...

Boston-based RR Auction is selling nearly 300 historic items related to the presidency, ranging from locks of George and Martha Washington’s hair to John ... Harvard crimson red wool sweater ...