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First report on Lincoln's assassination...
First report on Lincoln's assassination...
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April 15, 1865
DAILY EVENING BULLETIN, Philadelphia, April 15, 1865 This is a first report issue, as Lincoln died in the early morning hours of the 15th. This issue has related reports on pages 1, 4, 5 and 8.
The top of the front page has column heads: "The Assassination" "Further Accounts Of The Terrible Scene" "Aspect of President Lincoln's Murderer" "THE NEWS IN TOWN" "The City Draped In Mourning" "Stores Closed & Business Suspended" "Tolling Of Bells" "Great Crowds In the Streets" and more, including a print of: "Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address" delivered just over a month prior.
Reports Inside include a lengthy editorial: "The Martyr President" with wide black borders above and below. Also: "Abraham Lincoln" "Mr. Lincoln's Self-Devotion" and then a nice stack of heads: "EXTRA--SECOND EDITION" "The Murder Of President Lincoln" "Official Announcement Of Hi Death" '22 Minutes After 7 O'Clock The Time of the Event" "Particulars of His Last Hours" "No Change in Secretary Seward's Condition" "The Assassination Planned Before the 4th of March" "Capture of Booth, The Assassin" (untrue); President John Sworn In" "The Great Calamity" "Comments Of The Press On The Sad Event".
Eight pages, never bound so it opens to be one large sheet, rubbing at the central fold causes minor loss of text and a small piece from the fold juncture with archival mends, inside pages are in nice condition.
Category: The Civil War
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