Journal – DC Journal Sunday April 16 to Friday 21

Full Title

Journal – DC Journal Sunday April 16 to Friday 21

Description

Pages of a journal dating from Sunday, April 16, 1865, to Friday, April 21, 1865. Most of the entries are blank. The Wednesday, April 19, 1865, entry notes that “President Lincoln was carried to the Capitol to day” and discusses the procession.

Transcription

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1865.


President Lincoln was
carried to the Capitol to day
the procession was very large
probably 10,000 persons in it and
many more on the streets


THURSDAY 20


[[No Notes]]


FRIDAY 21


[[No Notes]]




[Transcription team: Jaeger K., Gabriel Z., Dwight S.]


[New Hampton Middle School, New Hampton, Iowa]

Source

Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

Rights

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Tags

• transcribed

• witness: funeral train

• funeral

• funeral rites

Cite this Item

Unknown. "Journal – DC Journal Sunday April 16 to Friday 21". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/399

Item Type

Diary

Creator

Unknown

Date

April 19, 1865

Region

District of Columbia