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[Mourning ribbon]
1865
Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."
GLC08500.03
Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth
1865 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Possibly from a Brady negative.
GLC08521
A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865
Swain, Leonard, 1821-1869
States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the...
GLC08542
The Detroit free press. [Vol. 47, no. 27 (September 27, 1881)]
1881/09/27
funeral of James A. Garfield
GLC08720.12
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7528 (May 23 1865)]
1865/05/23
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Contains coverage of the Lincoln conspiracy trial for Monday, May 22, 1865. Testimony and examinations of Norah Fitzpatrick, William Cleaver, J.L. M'Phail, Dr. Verdi, John Brown (alias "peanuts"), James Maddox, Lieut. Bartley, Col. R.B. Treat, Major...
GLC08722
New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4263 (May 24, 1865)]
1865/05/24
GLC08725.08
[Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]
Magniadas, Franky, fl. 1865
Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.
GLC08763
The New York times. [Vol. 14 no. 4255 (May 15, 1865)]
1865/05/15
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
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
Public ledger. [Vol. 59, no. 44 (May 15, 1865)]
15 May 1865
Childs, George William, 1829-1894
One newspaper issue of Public ledger, dated May 15, 1865. Reports the capture of Jefferson Davis on 10 May 1865 in Georgia. Also contains an article on the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, local news, financial news, and stories from New York...
GLC08831
New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)]
1865/05/11
One newspaper issue of New-York times, dated May 11, 1865. Reports Queen Victoria's condolence to Mrs. Lincoln as well as other expressions of sympathy from international heads of state on the assassination of President Lincoln. Also contains an...
GLC08835
Opinion on the constitutional power of the military to try and execute the assassins of the President by James Speed
Speed, James, 1812-1887
Published by the Government Printing Office. Argues that the Lincoln conspirators should be tried before a miltary court because they committed the crime as public enemies.
GLC05255.03
to John Sherman
3 May 1887
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Writes to his brother regarding his travel plans for the next week or so. States he will go to Washington to attend the meeting of the Army of the Cumberland and the unveiling of the Garfield statue, then he must go to Philadelphia. Informs that he...
GLC05465
to William H. Hunt
26 September 1901
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Supporting Taft, Leonard Wood and William Hunt as Governors of the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico. He believes he is carrying out wishes of McKinley. Written on mourning stationery. Roosevelt requests Hunt's opinion on several men he is...
GLC05803
[Lewis Powell]
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Carte de visite of Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell. Inscription on mount shows known aliases "Payne, Wood, Hall," and reads "arrested as an associate of Booth in the conspiracy." Powell had attempted to kill William H. Seward.
GLC05909
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 185, whole no. 3849 (December 21, 1864)]
December 21, 1864
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
Message by Governor Brown of Georgia, Confederate Congress Proceedings, Attempt to Assassinate General Grant, Yankees Preparing Peace Propositions for South, Reports of a Late Washington Dispatch - Speakership of the 39th U.S. Congress, Resignations...
GLC05959.54.19
to Appleton re: sends autograph with authenticity note of warden John S. Crocker
1881/12/12
Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882
Countersigned and authenticated by John S. Crocker, the warden. On U.S. Jail stationery.
GLC05999
The Truth and Removal [assassination of Garfield]
1882/06/01
Signed only weeks before he was hanged for the assassination of President Garfield. The title refers to the "removal" of Garfield from the presidency as part of a cosmic belief system which Guiteau explains in his book. Inscribed to Miss Maggie...
GLC06095
Dispatch! Extra. Death of the President
15 April 1865
Newspaper clipping reports that President Lincoln is dead. Falsely announces that Secretary Seward has also been murdered. Includes information on the plotting of the assassination.
GLC06107.38
My Case [poem]
Faded ink. "For Saturday's Star." A poem justifying his assassination of President Garfield. "I executed / the Divine command. And Garfield did remove / to save my party / and my country / from the bitter fate of war...." The fifth page has had...
GLC06319
to J.Q.A. Ward.
1883/04/06
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909
Written on "Society of the Army of the Cumberland/Garfield Monument Committee" stationery. Re: possible erection of a memorial to the late President Garfield in Washington, D.C.
GLC06343.232
1884/11/21
Lincoln, Robert T., 1843-1926
"War Department" stationary. Secretary of War Lincoln writes discussing the erection and location of a proposed memorial statue to President James Garfield in Washington, D.C. The site selected was "the circle at the foot of the Capitol grounds...
GLC06343.234
Work contract for the "pedestal for the Garfield monument at Washington, D.C."
circa December 1884
Specified in the contract are the categories: "General [work mission]"; "Excavations"; "Foundations"; "Cut Granite Work"; "Inscription"; and "Bronze Stationary". The work was to be completed by 1885/09/15.
GLC06343.235
Agreement contract between The Garfield Monument Committee and J.Q.A. Ward, commissioning Garfield memorial pedestal.
1884/12/12
The Garfield Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Contract outlines commission cost [$25,000] to be paid to Ward, required work, and contingency plans if pedestal cannot be completed by Ward.
GLC06343.236
1885/02/07
"War Department" stationary. Secretary of War Lincoln discusses submission of Ward's "design, plan and specifications in detail" for the erection the pedestal for the President Garfield memorial in Washington, D.C.
GLC06343.237
to J.Q.A. Ward
1885/02/25
"War Department" stationary. Secretary of War Lincoln informs Ward that at a meeting on the previous day, a Commission approved Ward's proposal for a pedestal to memorial statue of President Garfield in Washington, D.C.
GLC06343.238
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