DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER, Boston, April 27, 1865  The front page has a nice--and very early--announcement of the capture & death of John Wilkes Booth. Almost all newspapers of this era we have sold report Booth's death in their issue of April 28.
The front page has column heads: "EXTRA" "BOOTH KILLED" "Official Despatch" "The Pursuit of the President's Assassins" "Booth and Harrold Surrounded" "J. Wilkes Booth Shot" "His Body In Washington" "Harrold Captured" followed by text on the details.
Also on the front page: "President Lincoln's Funeral - Ceremonies at Albany" "Arrest of Junius Brutus Booth" "President Lincoln's Corpse at New York".
Items inside include: "The Death Of Booth" "He Was Killed by a Former Bostonian" "Sherman's Negotiations with the Rebel Generals..." "Movements to Cut Off Johnston's Retreat" "The Funeral Escort" "The Pursuit Of The Assassins" "Refusal of Booth to Surrender" "He Calls Harrold A Coward" "The Soldier's Fired Upon By Booth" "Bravado of the Murderer" "Declaration that He Would Not be Taken Alive" "Blasphemies of the Dying Wretch" "Mr. Lincoln's Remains - Progress of the Funeral Train" and even more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, large folio size, very nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.