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February 1954
Unknown
Announces presentation of Lincoln painting to the Governor to commemorate Lincoln's birthday
GLC08880.095
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W.J. Ferguson, actor, dies; saw Lincoln shot
Newspaper clipping announcing the death of W.J. Ferguson, the last living actor to have witnessed the assasination of President Lincoln. Ferguson played the part of Lietenant Vernon in "Our American Cousin." The actor and Laura Keene were in the...
GLC05603.03.02
22 April 1865
Matsell, George Washington (1811-1877)
National police gazette. [Vol. 20, no. 1025 (April 22, 1865)]
Includes six large front page sketches relaying various scenes of Lincoln's assasination, Seward's attempted assassination and portrait of John Wilkes Booth. Has bold black borders around news columns symbolizing the mourning of Lincoln's death. A...
GLC08560
14 April 1865
Wallach, William Douglas (1812-1871)
Evening star. [Vol. 25, no. 3782, (April 14, 1865)]
Includes an advertisement for "Our American Cousin" at Ford's New Theatre and an article on the decoration of Washington D.C. in celebration of General Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War. Half of the second sheet has been cut vertically and...
GLC00339.02
21 May 1861
Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863)
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 157 (May 21, 1861)]
Napolean III in Alliance with Jefferson Davis, the Blunders of Lincoln, The Germans Deserting the Lincolnites.
GLC05959.43.03
25 February 1861
Nixon, J. O. (fl. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival...
GLC05960.02.06
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