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Harper, James, 1795-1869 Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 436 (May 6, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08426 Author/Creator: Harper, James, 1795-1869 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/05/06 Pagination: 16 p. ; 40 x 29 cm. Order a Copy

Includes articles on the late President Lincoln's funeral and various engravings of scenes of the funeral in New York. ALso includes scenes from the funeral procession in Washington D.C., Lincoln in his deathbed, and other assassination related images.

Harper, James, 1795-1869
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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