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[Albumen of asassination sympathizers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07737 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: April 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen ; 16 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Image of seventeen men lined up outdoors, ten of with are carrying placards around their necks that read "assassin sympathizer." The ten men are in the custody of armed soldiers.
The photograph is mounted on a sheet of construction paper.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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