18 October 1895

Ferguson, William Jason, 1845-1930

Signature

Title: W. Ferguson

Written in blue ink on recto: "Ferguson was stage the night Lincoln was shot"

GLC05603.02.46

1815-1860

Barnes, J.

Signature

Title: J. Barnes

Note written in pencil on recto: "Night Lincoln was killed "Our American Cousin," Ford's Theater."

GLC05603.02.54

25 April 1865

Nicolson, Charles, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alice

He mentions other cousins like James and Mary. later he laments the death of president Lincoln. He refers to a Louis Wilson who chose to fight on the other side,

GLC02171.05

28 April 1865

Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Delia Slocum

re: Cranor describes his move from Blue Springs back to Nashville and the somber mood present after Lincoln's assassination ("evry thing is dressed in mourning.") He writes that he talked to the "rebs" who said that they thought Johnson would be harder on them then Lincoln.

GLC03791.026

1939

Tilton, Clint Clay, fl. 1939

Pamphlet

Title: Pinkerton and the Baltimore Scare

GLC08880.031

1949

McClure, Stanley W., fl. 1949

Pamphlet

Title: The Lincoln Museum and the House where Lincoln Died

GLC08880.109

1939

Pollock, Channing, fl. 1939

Pamphlet

Title: The Shot that Missed Lincoln

GLC08880.070

1949

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: The Story of the Assasination

GLC08880.111

1952

Downey, Edgar, fl. 1952

Pamphlet

Title: Schyylkill County and Some of its People When Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated

GLC08880.145

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Arrival of the Remains At Desbrosses Street Ferry

While black and white, has some yellow shading. Shows arrival of the remains of Abraham Lincoln at the Jersey City Ferry.

GLC09118.01

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Dome of the City Hall--Scene at Midnight

GLC09118.02

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Funeral Car Crossing Hudson River

Black and white with yellow shading.

GLC09118.07

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: View of the City Hall

Black and white with yellow shading.

GLC09118.08

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Procession Passing Fifth Avenue Hotel

Black and white with yellow shading. Depicts Lincoln funeral procession.

GLC09118.09

1865

Engraving

Title: Departure of the Remains (of Abraham Lincoln)

GLC09118.12

20 May 1865

Berghaus, A., fl. 1865

Sketch

Title: Murder of President Lincoln and Appearance of Ford's Theatre Afterwards

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

GLC09118.44

13 May 1865

Sketch

Title: The President's Funeral Car Approaching New York from Jersey City, View of the Funeral Car, and Interior of the President's Funeral Car, with the Coffin and Guard of Honor

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

GLC09118.45

13 May 1865

Sketch

Title: Lincoln's Funeral-Removal of the Body from the City Hall to the Funeral Car, New York, April 25th, 1865 and the Late Richard Cobden

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

GLC09118.46

18 April 1865

Chapple, James, fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes about the effect of Lincoln's death.

GLC07705.390

10 April 1865

Hall, Maria M.C., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Notes two boxes of "valuable hospital supplies" were received at Hall's storeroom. Thanks Ogden for the supplies, which were "in fine order, of the best quality." Mentions that their most recent arrivals to the hospital are "a very small number of paroled prisoners" and 350 wounded soldiers from City Point. Says everything seems "very uncertain," and she believes that the grief and sadness of the nation appears to be the only definite thing.

GLC06559.134

19 April 1865

Morse, George F., fl. 1864-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to father

report of battle and retreat, loss of knapsack and clothes, assassination of President Lincoln, and an accounting of the wounded and the dead.

GLC02180.26

1815-1860

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: "Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"

Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.

GLC05136.36

1815-1860

Photograph album

Title: [carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family]

Carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family containing eleven photographs (#i-xi) and one engraving (#xii). i. "Death bed of Lincoln." Photo of engraving showing Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, and other political figures gathered around Lincoln's deathbed. ii. Close-up image of grave marker with vignetted image of Brady's five-dollar bill pose and the inscription: "A. Lincoln. The Martyr President. Born Feb. 12 1809, Died April 15 1865." Photo of engraving. iii. [Gardner, Alexander. Washington, D.C., 5 February 1865.] Shows Lincoln, seated, and son Tad, standing,…

GLC05136.52

1815-1860

J.T., Reading, & Co. (photographer), fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [carte de visite, street scene]

White mount. Street scene with mourning bunting on flag pole and several African Americans gathered in the street. Two signs below the flag read "Republican. Lincoln Lives." And "Union & Liberty," respectively.

GLC05136.22

1815-1860

Photograph

Title: [John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, standing, three-quarter length view]

White mount with red border. Standing, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing cloak.

GLC05136.23