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Lengthy letter from John Wilkes Booth on the assassination...
Lengthy letter from John Wilkes Booth on the assassination...
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April 26, 1865
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, April 26, 1865
* John Wilkes Booth letter
* re. Abraham Lincoln assassination
Among the articles are: "Speech by President Johnson" "Speech of General Butler" "Letter of John Wilkes Booth--He Confesses that He Was Engaged in a Plot to Capture & Carry off the President--An Insane Rhapsody", this taking over a full column & signed in type: J. Wilkes Booth. Inside: "Repudiation of Gen. Sherman's Peace Propositions" "A Confederate Officer's Opinion of the Assassination of Mr. Lincoln" "Particulars of the Surrender of General Lee & His Army" and much more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, some foxing & rubbing at folds & edges, generally good.
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It insisted that slavery could not be prohibited by law. So obnoxious was this paper to Unionists that it was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
Category: Yankee
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