Death of President Abraham Lincoln...
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April 22, 1865
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 22, 1865.
* Abraham Lincoln assassination
* 1st report in this periodical
Even this scientific periodical made note of the tragedy of Lincoln's assassination (rarely found in technical journals) with a black-bordered report headed:
* Our Calamity
which begins: "An appalling and overwhelming calamity has befallen the nation. The Chief Magistrate has been stricken down by the hand of an assassin; and, as one man, the people are aghast at the magnitude of their loss..." with more (see).
The balance of this 16 pg. issue concerns scientific inventions & improvements with various illustrations.
Never bound nor trimmed, minor edge wear, small library stamp at the top of page 1.
* Abraham Lincoln assassination
* 1st report in this periodical
Even this scientific periodical made note of the tragedy of Lincoln's assassination (rarely found in technical journals) with a black-bordered report headed:
* Our Calamity
which begins: "An appalling and overwhelming calamity has befallen the nation. The Chief Magistrate has been stricken down by the hand of an assassin; and, as one man, the people are aghast at the magnitude of their loss..." with more (see).
The balance of this 16 pg. issue concerns scientific inventions & improvements with various illustrations.
Never bound nor trimmed, minor edge wear, small library stamp at the top of page 1.
Category: Yankee
