Stonehouse, John B., 1813-1885 to John B. Stonehouse Jr.

GLC00368.01

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
April 16, 1865
Author/Creator
Stonehouse, John B., 1813-1885
Title
to John B. Stonehouse Jr.
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writing to his son, John B. Stonehouse describes the interruption of the Washington, D.C. celebration of Lee's surrender by the assassination of President Lincoln and stabbing of Secretary of State William Seward. He then continues to give a detailed description of the events surrounding the attack on Seward and the assassination of Lincoln. He is first informed of Secretary Seward's stabbing by an unidentified man. Stonehouse then goes to Ford's Theatre where he describes people rushing from the building. Also includes his account of the knife Secretary Seward was stabbed with and the pistol which Frederick Seward was attacked with. The letter was written on blind stamped stationary from Ebbitt House, Washington, D.C.

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