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Unknown [Programme of funeral procession]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00247 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Broadside Date: 19 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Broadside consists of information on the arrangement of Lincoln's funeral procession. Includes details on the order in which participants of the procession will walk. Also includes requests such as the closing of all businesses at 10 a.m. and that a mourning badge be worn duing the procession. The program is for the funeral procession held in Washington, D.C. A small dried flower is included with the document.

An account of the Washington, D.C. funeral procession can be found in "Lincoln: An Illustrated Bibliography" pgs. 368-371, by Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B., Kunhardt III, Phillip B., and Kunhardt, Peter W.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Gilbreath, Erasmus C., 1840-1898
Buel, H.M., fl. 1865
Lytle, T.G., fl. 1865
Brown, W.E., fl. 1865

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