Lincoln’s Assassination, April 15th 1865 Newspaper ,
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Original copy of the April 15, 1865 edition of The (New York) World newspaper, reporting the news that President Lincoln had been assassinated the night before. A sequence of bold headlines read:
Assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward.
Mr. Lincoln Shot in Ford’s Theater.
Boldness of the Assassin.
He Jumps on Stage and Escapes Unmolested.
J. Wilkes Booth Suspected.
This is a compete copy from that fateful day. Most of the large front page is consumed with wall-to-wall accounts of the assassination.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] ] [Abolition][Slavery] [Abraham Lincoln] [John Wilkes Booth] [Slavery, Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment]
Assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward.
Mr. Lincoln Shot in Ford’s Theater.
Boldness of the Assassin.
He Jumps on Stage and Escapes Unmolested.
J. Wilkes Booth Suspected.
This is a compete copy from that fateful day. Most of the large front page is consumed with wall-to-wall accounts of the assassination.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] ] [Abolition][Slavery] [Abraham Lincoln] [John Wilkes Booth] [Slavery, Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment]
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Lincoln’s Assassination, April 15th 1865 Newspaper ,
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