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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7497 (April 17,1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08428.05 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/04/17 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 53 cm, Width: 39 cm Order a Copy

Reports on the murder of President Lincoln, the improved condition of Secretary Seward and critical condition of Frederick Seward, Secretary Seward's son. The paper is uncut.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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