Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 a. In the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first American president to be assassinated, and Lincoln's funeral and burial marked an extended period of national mourning.
Occurring near the end of the American Civil War, the assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the United States government. Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson. Beyond Lincoln's death the plot failed: Seward was only wounded and Johnson's would-be attacker lost his nerve. After a dramatic initial escape, Booth was killed at the climax of a 12-day manhunt.
Powell, Herold, Atzerodt and Mary Surratt were later hanged for their roles in the conspiracy. Good condition, with some foxing. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it.
Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Let our 45+ years of experience work for YOU! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.The item "1865 NY Times CIVIL WAR newspaper ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION w Black borders" is in sale since Monday, March 11, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Paper\Newspapers\Pre-1900". The seller is "qrst" and is located in Oxford, Maryland.
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