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Unknown Herald extra President Lincoln assassinated

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02364 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Broadside Date: 15 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

Announces the death of President Lincoln and assassination attempt of Secretary Seward. Dated from Chicago, but the newspaper printing the small hand-bill is unknown. Has remnants of a doily around the borders.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872

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