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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7503 (April 24, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08430.11 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/04/24 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 54 cm, Width: 41 cm Order a Copy

Includes coverage of President Lincoln's funeral pageant from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Jersey City to New York including an official program for the funeral train's stop in New York (page 8).
Reports the escape of Jefferson Davis across the Mississippi River.
Evening edition of the Tribune is included in this issue.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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