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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.179 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
Title | Bell Wharton to Joseph M. Maitland reporting her shock at the news of Lincoln's assassination |
Date | ca. 15 April 1865 |
Author | Wharton, Bell (fl. 1862-1866) |
Recipient | Maitland, Joseph M. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Letter is addressed "My Dear Dearest-Joe." Letter probably written on 15 April 1865. Bell writes, "I don't know when I ever had anything to shock me so as when I heard of the assassination of the President [Abraham Lincoln] this morning...if we had a good Vice President to take his place I wouldn't feel so worried." Reports on a recent flood that "...took all the fences and most of the bridges in its way." Says damage is estimated at ten thousand dollars. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Woman Author President Lincoln Assassination Assassination Vice President Finance Extreme Weather Death Women's History |
People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Wharton, Bell (fl. 1862-1866) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
Place written | Kingston, Ohio |
Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865 and died the following morning. His Vice President, Andrew Johnson, was sworn in after his death. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Unit | 95th Ohio Infantry, G Company |