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Chicago tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 280 (April 15, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06869 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/04/15 Pagination: 4 p. ; 73.4 x 56.7 cm. Order a Copy

"The Terrible end." "The news reaches us just as we are going to press, and we hold our forms open to the last moment." The central column has "Postscript. 4 o'clock A.M. Terrible News." Lincoln assassination issue. Foxed.

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