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Contemporary copy of telegram of E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Conigo, Lexington, Mo., April 15, [1865]

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Fowler, Saint Joe [Saint Joseph, Mo.], [April 15, 1865]

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

$100,000 Reward

Document from Apr. 20, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Ward, Jefferson City, April 15, [1865]

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

$10,000 reward!

$10,000 reward!

Document 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

Diary of William Ellis Stork, Volume 1, Preston, Minnesota

Diary of William Ellis Stork, Volume 1, Preston, Minnesota

Diary from Apr. 15, 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

Contemporary copy of telegram of J. B. Montgomery, Navy Yard, Washington, [to Gideon Welles], April 15, 1865

Telegram of J. B. Montgomery

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of James Taylor, Adj. Master Comdg., Guard Vessel off Alexandria, to Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. of the Navy, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1865

Telegram of James Taylor

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of Jno. P. Slough [John P. Slough], Headquarters Military Governor, Alexandria, Va., to Maj. Genl. C. C. Augur, Comdg. Dept. of Washington, April 15, 1865

Telegram of John P. Slough

Letter 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

Contemporary copy of telegram of H. H. Wells, Headquarters Provost Marshal General, Defences South of Potomac, Alexandria, Va., to Cole Taylor, Chf. of Staff and A.A.G., April 15, 1865

Telegram of H. H. Wells

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegraph of S. Nickerson, at Inigoes, to Comdr. F. A. Parker, Yorktown, Va., [April 15, 1865]

Telegram from S. Nickerson

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

U. S. Military Telegraph of S. Nickerson, Actg. Vol. Master, to Comdr. F. A. Parker, April 15, 1865

Telegraph: President Lincoln was assassinated

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 E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Peck, Ironton, April 15, 1865

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Adams, St. Charles, Mo., April 15, 1865

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of E. B. Alexander, Saint Louis, to Capt. Hollingsworth, Macon, [April 15, 1865]

Telegram of E. B. Alexander

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

"Further Particulars of the Washington Tragedy."

Newspaper from May. 1, 1865

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