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Mrs. Surratt, one of the Lincoln conspirators...
Mrs. Surratt, one of the Lincoln conspirators...
Item # 712258
July 11, 1865
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 11, 1865
* Mary Surratt & execution of the Lincoln conspirators
* Final words of assassins before going to the scaffold
The front page has a rather brief article headed: "THE ASSASSINATION" "Mrs. Surratt--Her Protestations of Innocence--Efforts of Mrs. Douglas to Obtain a Reprieve--Indignation of the Catholics". One bit notes: "...Mrs. Surratt inquired of her spiritual adviser what he should say on the scaffold, & upon being answered, 'O, nothing--what do you desire to say?' replied, 'That I am innocent'...".
Eight pages, uncut and untrimmed, a little creasing, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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