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Unknown World. [Vol. 5, no. 1503 (April 17, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08428.11 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 17 April 1865 Pagination: 8 p. ; 53 x 41 cm. Order a Copy

Gives detailed account of President Lincoln's assassination, and the last hours of the president. Also includes General Robert Lee's farewell address to the armies of Northern Virginia, a full account of the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, and reports the capture of Mobile with 3,000 prisoners and 300 guns. The paper is uncut.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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