Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 [Lincoln assassination reward poster]

GLC04092

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GLC#
GLC04092
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
20 April 1865
Author/Creator
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Title
[Lincoln assassination reward poster]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 59.8 cm, Width: 31.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000). Gives a brief physical description of Booth and his accomplices.

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