[Telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln's death]

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GLC#
GLC09191
Type
Documents
Date
April 15, 1865
Title
[Telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln's death]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : envelope
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Early telegraphed notice of his death, sent by American Telegraph Company executive George Milliken to his wife at 8:30 AM. "President Lincoln died at twenty-two minutes after seven. J. Wilkes Booth was the Assassin. This is official."

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