The heirs of Joseph and Elleanora Coolidge decided graciously to donate the Declaration of Independence Desk to the nation and Robert Winthrop again  transported the precious relic, this time  to Washington DC and presented it Rutherford B. Hayes at the White House on the evening of April 15, 1880

 

A week later on April 22, 1880, the relic of the American Revolution was taken to Capitol Hill and officially received with great excitement and ceremony by both houses of Congress

 

The desk was initially displayed at the State Department before being transferred to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, where it now occupies a place of pride and honor at the nation's Capital.