Siam (Hayes family cat)

Siam was a Siamese cat sent from Bangkok in 1878 as a gift to First Lady Lucy Hayes, arranged by the American consul David Sickels. She is reported to have been the first Siamese cat in the United States when she arrived in 1879, became a pet of the Hayes daughter Fanny, and died after falling ill. No photograph of Siam is known; the picture shows Bangkok in the 1860s.

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