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to Henry J. Raymond

Writes to the editor of the New York Times and Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Union [Republican] Party. Urges Raymond to collaborate with the New York Young Men's Republican Union, which had sponsored and published Lincoln's...

GLC05303.01

New York times. [Vol. X, no. 2983 (April 13, 1861)]

The headline announces the firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate Troops, the beginning of the Civil War. Though the South had already seceded, physical confrontation did not begin until the fort was fired on. The paper reports in detail the events...

GLC04661.06

New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4233 (April 19, 1865)]

News of the funeral preparations for Lincoln in New York. Also includes reports of the capture of Raleigh by Sherman.
Two letters, one between Edwin Booth and Judge Edmonds, the other between Booth and Mr. Henry Jarrett are published. Edwin Booth...

GLC08428.07

The New York times. [Vol. 14 no. 4255 (May 15, 1865)]

Includes detailed descriptions of the conspirators in the court room. The testimony of A. W. Lee (military detective), Mr. Floyd, and Robert R. Jones (clerk of Kirkwood House) are also given.
Jefferson Davis and his family are captured in Irwin...

GLC08801

The New York times. [Vol. XIV, no. 4220 (April 14, 1865)

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender, an interview between Ulysses S. Grant and Lee, the signing of the articles of capitulation by Lee, the era of peace...

GLC08807