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Lincoln and Booth...

Item # 702441 ·
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NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1865  

* re. John Wilkes Booth killed
* Abraham Lincoln funeral train
* Closing events of the Civil War


The front page has various Reconstruction reports, while page 4 includes: "The Assassin's Tomb" which includes: "...the government has disposed of the body of the assassin Booth in such a way that its resting-place will never be known. The best thing that his relatives can wish for him is that his name and memory may perish forever...". Also: "The Fall of Richmond and the Rebel Loan".
Page 5 has: "The President's Obsequies - Progress of Funeral Cortege - From the Capital of Ohio to the Capital of Indiana - Impressive Scenes During the Journey by Night...". Also: "Mrs. Lincoln's Presentment". The back page has: "The Assassins".
Eight pages, irregular at the blank spine, good condition.
Categories: The Civil War, Yankee
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.