this chair was purchased under james k. polk. it has been occupied by members of his cabinet during the mexican-american war and all the activities that went on then. it would have been used around 1850 in the 1860's. the 1860's. it would've been used in lincoln's caplet best cabinet room during the emancipation proclamation. they are very accurately drawn in this painting and the prints from the painting the documents that particular event. in 1869, president grant moved to the office from where lincoln had it in the lincoln bedroom to an adjacent room called the treaty room. that was the cabinet room until century, atthe 20th newh point he bought a cabinet and new chairs. black marbleormous french maid clock that sat on the mantle. it has a barometer and a calendar and a thermometer. you can monitor the conditions indoors, not outdoors. this sat on the mantle also from 1869 to 1902. it would be how the cabinet, when it was in, kept track of what was going on. one of the things that happened in the 19th century was that if the p