Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian
Memorial sheet music
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Words by LM Dawn; Music by Geo. F Root . "Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian ". Root & Cody . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/254
from May. 1, 1865
Memorial sheet music
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Words by LM Dawn; Music by Geo. F Root
Root & Cody
May 1, 1865
Song on the death of President Abraham Lincoln
These 2 broadsides are of the same song; one is in color and the other in black & white. Note the tell-tale mark of a memorial piece by the black bars at the edge of the page.
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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By Silas S Steele . "Song on the death of President Abraham Lincoln ". J Magee, Philadelphia . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/253
from May. 1, 1865
These 2 broadsides are of the same song; one is in color and the other in black & white. Note the tell-tale mark of a memorial piece by the black bars at the edge of the page.
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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By Silas S Steele
J Magee, Philadelphia
May 1, 1865
Detroit Tribune, Vol. XXIX, No. 234
Front page of the Saturday, April 15, 1865 evening edition of the Detroit Tribune mounted to a linen backing. The page is dominated by the news of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, the latter of which it initially falsely reports as succeeding. The paper also includes a message from Detroit mayor Kirkland C. Barker, who requested that businesses be closed, all bells in the city be tolled for the hour between noon and one o'clock, and that the citizens gather for a meeting at City Hall at three o'clock.
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Detroit Tribune. "Detroit Tribune, Vol. XXIX, No. 234". Detroit Tribune. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/252
from Apr. 15, 1865
Front page of the Saturday, April 15, 1865 evening edition of the Detroit Tribune mounted to a linen backing. The page is dominated by the news of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, the latter of which it initially falsely reports as succeeding. The paper also includes a message from Detroit mayor Kirkland C. Barker, who requested that businesses be closed, all bells in the city be tolled for the hour between noon and one o'clock, and that the citizens gather for a meeting at City Hall at three o'clock.
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit Tribune
April 15, 1865
Newspaper
Death of President Lincoln
A color lithograph showing deathbed scene in Petersen House
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Currier & Ives. "Death of President Lincoln". Currier & Ives . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/251
from Jan. 8, 1865
A color lithograph showing deathbed scene in Petersen House
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Currier & Ives
Currier & Ives
January 8, 1865
Last Moments of President Lincoln
The deathbed of Abraham Lincoln
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Buffords Publishing House, Boston, MA. "Last Moments of President Lincoln". Buffords Publishing House, Boston, MA.. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/250
from Apr. 15, 1865
The deathbed of Abraham Lincoln
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Buffords Publishing House, Boston, MA
Buffords Publishing House, Boston, MA.
April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln, the Nation's Martyr
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery in Washington on Febuary 9, 1864.
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Currier & Ives. "Abraham Lincoln, the Nation's Martyr". Currier and Ives . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/249
from May. 1, 1865
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery in Washington on Febuary 9, 1864.
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Currier & Ives
Currier and Ives
May 1, 1865
In Memoriam - Augustine J. H. Duganne Poem on Lincoln Assassination
Memorial card with poem by Augustine J. H. Duganne. This piece describes Lincoln as a martyr and gentle ruler, loving the South despite their hatred towards him. Augustine remarks on the significance of Lincoln being assassinated on Good Friday and makes comparisons between the event and the Crucifixion. Augustine Duganne was a novelist and poet from Boston and became a colonel for the 176th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. He was captured by the Confederates in 1863 and was a POW in a Texas prison for over a year. After the war he wrote about his experiences in prison in a book called "Camps and Prisons: Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf."
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poem by A. J. H. Duganne. .. "In Memoriam - Augustine J. H. Duganne Poem on Lincoln Assassination". Published by Trent, Filmer & Co. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/248
from May. 1, 1865
Memorial card with poem by Augustine J. H. Duganne. This piece describes Lincoln as a martyr and gentle ruler, loving the South despite their hatred towards him. Augustine remarks on the significance of Lincoln being assassinated on Good Friday and makes comparisons between the event and the Crucifixion. Augustine Duganne was a novelist and poet from Boston and became a colonel for the 176th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. He was captured by the Confederates in 1863 and was a POW in a Texas prison for over a year. After the war he wrote about his experiences in prison in a book called "Camps and Prisons: Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf."
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poem by A. J. H. Duganne. .
Published by Trent, Filmer & Co
May 1, 1865
Abraham Lincoln Carte-de-Visite
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln in an oval portrait surrounded by a flowered wreath with a plain, two-lined border
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Munson, Skinner, & Co. Chicago. . "Abraham Lincoln Carte-de-Visite". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/247
from May. 8, 1865
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln in an oval portrait surrounded by a flowered wreath with a plain, two-lined border
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Munson, Skinner, & Co. Chicago.
May 8, 1865
Abr. Lincoln
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Abraham Lincoln in an oval portrait with the caption "Abr. Lincoln." The image is from a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery, Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864; it is the same image on the new five dollar bill and was reproduced often in Lincoln's own era.
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anonymous. "Abr. Lincoln". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/245
from May. 1, 1865
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Abraham Lincoln in an oval portrait with the caption "Abr. Lincoln." The image is from a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery, Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864; it is the same image on the new five dollar bill and was reproduced often in Lincoln's own era.
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anonymous
May 1, 1865
Death of Lincoln
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by members of his cabinet, officers, and other dignitaries. A woman, apparently Mary Todd Lincoln, is seen weeping at his bedside.
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anonymous. "Death of Lincoln ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/244
from May. 1, 1865
This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by members of his cabinet, officers, and other dignitaries. A woman, apparently Mary Todd Lincoln, is seen weeping at his bedside.
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anonymous
May 1, 1865