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Lincoln's 2nd inauguration, with his inaugural address on the front page...

Item # 701971

March 06, 1865

CLEVELAND MORNING LEADER, Ohio, March 6, 1865 The front page has a stack of column heads on both Lincoln's second inauguration as President, as well as the latest reports on the Civil War's final weeks.
They include: "Inauguration Day" "President Lincoln's Address" "Celebrations of the Day Thro' out the Country" "Official War Bulletin" "Sheridan Captures Early!" "News From Rebel Papers' and much more.
Also on the front page is a report on the inaugural ceremonies, beginning: "President Lincoln was inaugurated at 12 o'clock today. The procession reached the Capitol at 11:45 am., escorting the President...Chief Justice Chase administered the oath of office on the eastern portico when the President delivered his inaugural address...The weather was clear and beautiful..." and more.
Additionally, the front page has; "The President's Inaugural" which includes the full text of his inaugural address which includes near the end the famous words: "...With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the national wounds...".
Page 2 has a nice editorial headed: "The Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln" with further detail, and closes with a reprinting of Lincoln's famous inaugural words prefaced with: "The words with which the address closes should be engraved on every heart: With malice Toward none, with charity for all..." and more.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, very nice condition.