Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08430.12 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 21 April 1865 Pagination: 8 p. ; 53.5 x 39.5 cm Order a Copy
Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions reconstruction plans, and reports the escape of Jefferson Davis. Issue also includes the Evening Edition of the Tribune for the same date. This covers Richmond, Virginia news concerning Lincoln's assassination and the reconstruction of the city, and news of the death of Richard Cobden. Other items detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements.
Lincoln was assassinated on 14 April 1865. Johnston surrendered on 26 April 1865 according to the same terms as General Lee's surrender at Appomattox 9 April 1865. Cobden was an English manufacturer and radical politician who supported Lincoln and American democracy. Horace Greeley started the New York Tribune in 1841. He died in 1872, the year Whitelaw Reid assumed control of the paper. Under his son, Ogden Mills Reid, the paper merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. Reid until his death in 1947.
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