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"The Great Tragedy"

Newspaper from Apr. 20, 1865

"A Nation Weeps"

Newspaper from Apr. 27, 1865

"We Mourn a Father Slain Route"

Document from 1865

"Arrest of Booth!"

Newspaper from Apr. 16, 1865

"A Monument to the Martyr President in Baltimore"

Newspaper from Apr. 21, 1865

The Intelligencer, April 17, 1865

The Intelligencer

Newspaper from Apr. 17, 1865

Lincoln's Funeral March

Lincoln's Funeral March

Document from 1865

Lincoln's Funeral March

Lincoln's Funeral March

Document from 1865

Proclamation by the Mayor of Milwaukee

"The Great Crime at Washington"

Document from Apr. 16, 1865

A Nation Mourns Her Martyr'd Son

A Nation Mourns Her Martyr'd Son

Document from 1865

Mourning Badge made by Thomas Stevens

Ribbon from 1865

Abigail Williams May to Eleanor Goddard May

Abigail Williams May to Eleanor Goddard May

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Albert Browne to “Dear Ones

Albert Browne to “Dear Ones”

Letter from Apr. 18, 1865

U.S. Military Telegraph of Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, to Comdt. Navy Yard [J.B. Montgomery], May 4, 1865

Telegraph of Gideon Welles, May 4, 1865

Document from May. 4, 1865

Resolution passed by the 7th Ward of the City of Philadelphia relating to the assassination of the late President Lincoln, April 19, 1865

Resolution, 7th Ward, Philadelphia

Document from Apr. 19, 1865

"Oh Captain, My Captain"

Document from Nov. 4, 1865

El Pájaro Verde

"Assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward"

Newspaper from May. 1, 1865

"Death of the president"

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

Removal of the President's Body

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

"Meeting of Colored Citizens"

Newspaper from Apr. 17, 1865