Home > Back to Search Results > Lincoln's thoughts on political assassination...
Click image to enlarge 637609
Show image list »

Lincoln's thoughts on political assassination...



Item # 637609

Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.



May 31, 1865

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 31, 1865 

* President Abraham Lincoln
* Thoughts on political assassination
* Trial of the conspirators - assassins


The front page has an interesting item: "President Lincoln's Opinion About Assassination" which includes: "...do you think the Richmond people would like to have Hannibal Hamlin here any better than myself...If there were such a  plot, & they wanted to get at me, no vigilance could keep them out..." and more (see).
Page 4 has: "Trial of the Conspirators" "Evidence Against Davis & Breckinridge" "Their; Remarks on the Assassination" & many subheads, taking close to 2 columns.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War