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L'Estafette: Journal Français

Mr. Lincoln assassinated

Newspaper from Apr. 30, 1865

"War Department report"

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

An account of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln

Account of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln

Newspaper from Apr. 26, 1865

"Abraham Lincoln died this morning"

Newspaper from Apr. 26, 1865

Opinion of Military Tribunal - Burlington Free Press

Opinion of Military Tribunal

Newspaper from Aug. 18, 1865

"An Eloquent Speech"

Speech from Apr. 19, 1866

Otis Keene Diary, April 15, 1865

Otis Keene Diary, April 15, 1865

Diary from Apr. 15, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of S. Nickerson, St. Inigoes, Md., to Comdg. Officer Anacostia, Point Lookout, April 15, 1865

Telegraph: Instructions for Manhunt

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles, Navy Department, Washington, to Col. Jacob Teilan, Comdr. Marine Corps, Head Quarters, Washington via Navy Yard, April 15, 1865

Gideon Welles to Col. Jacob Teilan

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of W. Whelan, Chf. Bureau, Navy Department, Bur. Med and Surg., to Surgeon B. F. Bache, U.S. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. York, April 15, 1865

Telegram of W. Whelan

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. Navy, Navy Department, Washington City, to Rear Admiral Porter [David D. Porter], or the senior naval officer at Hampton Roads, April 16, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of F. A. Parker, Comd. Comdg. Potomac Flotilla, to Act. Master Meaders, Pt. Lookout, Md., April 16, 1865

Telegraph: Blockade to Capture Assassin

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. Navy, Navy Dept., to Rear Admiral H. Paulding, Comdt. Navy Yard, New York, April 16, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. Navy, Navy Dept., to Rear Admiral H. Paulding, Comdt. Navy Yard, New York, April 16, 1865

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of Gideon Welles, Sec. Navy, St. Inigoes, to Com. F. A. Parker, April 16, 1864 [1865]

Telegraph: Fire a Gun in Honor

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, to Comdr. D. W. Dougal, Comdt. Navy Yard, San Francisco, California, April 17, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles

Letter from Apr. 17, 1865

Senator Alexander Ramsey's Diary Entries, April 1865

Senator Alexander Ramsey Diary

Diary from Apr. 14, 1865

Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln

Treasury Department order: Mourning band

Document from Apr. 17, 1865

Printed General Order no. 51 - Department of the Navy

General Order no. 51

Document from Apr. 15, 1865

Printed General Order no. 66 - Department of War.

General Order no. 66

Document from Apr. 16, 1865

$10,000 reward!

$10,000 reward!

Document from Apr. 15, 1865