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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02364 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Herald extra President Lincoln assassinated |
| Date | 15 April 1865 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Announces the death of President Lincoln and assassination attempt of Secretary Seward. Dated from Chicago, but the newspaper printing the small hand-bill is unknown. Has remnants of a doily around the borders. |
| Subjects | Assassination Lincoln Assassination Lincoln's Cabinet Death |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) |
| Place written | Chicago, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |