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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7528 (May 23 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08722 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/05/23 Pagination: 8 p. ; 53 x 40 cm. Order a Copy

Contains coverage of the Lincoln conspiracy trial for Monday, May 22, 1865. Testimony and examinations of Norah Fitzpatrick, William Cleaver, J.L. M'Phail, Dr. Verdi, John Brown (alias "peanuts"), James Maddox, Lieut. Bartley, Col. R.B. Treat, Major T.T. Eckert, C.F. Hall, and William C. Clives.
Also includes a front page story about the assassination of Gen. Kirby Smith, account of Jefferson Davis and family imprisoned aboard the steamer Clyde, and capture of rebel Governor Isham Harris of Tennessee.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893
Harris, Isham G. (Isham Green), 1818-1897
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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