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"Important order by A. C. Richards, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police"

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Reprinting of an official order from Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Almarin C. Richards issued at 3 a.m. on April 15, 1865, the day after the shooting of President Abraham Lincoln's and the day of his death. The order requires all places in the city that sell liquor to be closed that day and night.

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Important order by A. C. Richards, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police. The following was issued by Superintendent Richards at 3 o'clock this morning: In view of the melancholy events of last evening, I am directed to cause all places where liquor is sold to be closed during this day and night. The sergeants of he several precincts will see that this order is enforced. A. C. Richards, Superintendent.

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Washingtoniana Microfilm Collection

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Daily Morning Chronicle. ""Important order by A. C. Richards, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/489

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Daily Morning Chronicle

Date

April 15, 1865

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newspaper

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Letter from Blas Bruznal to Mexican diplomat Matias Romero

Description

Bruznal plans to meet with Seward and President Johnson. Speculation as to whether President Johnson understands the global importance of his office.

Source

Matias Romero: An Inventory of Microfilm of His Papers at the Benson Latin American Collection.

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This item may be reproduced and used for any purpose, including research, teaching, private study, publication, broadcast or commercial use, with the proper citation and attribution. Citation: Matías Romero: An Inventory of Microfilm of His Papers at the Benson Latin American Collection. LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Bruznal, Blas.. "Letter from Blas Bruznal to Mexican diplomat Matias Romero". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/484

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Bruznal, Blas.

Date

May 8, 1865

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"Why It Was the People Loved Abraham Lincoln"

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The Daily Intelligencer reprints a letter detailing all the reasons why the people supported and admired Abraham Lincoln.

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Daily Intelligencer. ""Why It Was the People Loved Abraham Lincoln"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/474

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Daily Intelligencer

Date

April 19, 1865

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Letter - Dexter Jewett Washington DC April 24 pt1

Description

A personal letter from a soldier camped three miles from Washington to his mother. The letter mentions that there is a report that someone has caught Booth, Lincoln’s murderer.

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Camp three miles from
Washington April 24

Dear mother

We are now in camp about three miles from Washington on the Maryland side of the Potomac but we don't know where we will go to next there there in some talk of our going home on half pay and stay untill we are needed for they dont [don't] exactly know where to send us.

We started from Summit Point last Thursday on the cars and arrived here on Friday noon.
I hope we will stay here for we get enough to eat we get nine loaves of bread a week and large ones at that.

There is a report that they have caught Booth the murderer of the President has been caught I believe this morning in some woods a little way from here.
I hope it is true.

About every house in Washington is draped in morning on the outside and the people look as though they feel bad about the President being killed.
We have not had a mail for four days and we ought to get the whole soon
I suppose I shall have some letters by it.

Have you got that company roll that I sent home to you
if you have I wish you would tell me how you like for some of them were nothing but a sell and I dont know but when that one may be for I have not opened it.
I would like to have a little [illegible] if you could send me some for I have no writing nor envelopes.
Has George got home yet
I don't see why they are so slow about mustering him out.
all of our men were mustered out the very day their time was up.
We do duty on this side of the Potomac and also do part of the patrol in the city of Washington

Tell George that he had better not think of going into Hancocks veterans for that corps I think is the meanest thing that has been got up since the war commenced with the exception of hundred days men and Hancock he had has nothing but reviews inspections company and brigade drills all the time and we all glad that we have got out of his clutches and he was going to make us throw away all clothing but what we drew from government and so far as to make us have two pair of shoes.

There is a story that a lot of Mosby's men who have given themselves up have been sent after Mosby and guess they will get him if anybody can.

I shall have to close now so goodbye for the present.

from your son
Dexter Jewett
Co H 30 Md Va Co
Washington
D.C.

[Transcription by: Mary Cotterman]

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Dexter Jewett. "Letter - Dexter Jewett Washington DC April 24 pt1". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/432

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Dexter Jewett

Date

April 24, 1865

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Journal – Sunday April 16 (Attended Church) to Friday 21

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Personal journal entries from Sunday, April 16, 1865, to Friday, April 21, 1865. On Sunday April 16th the author notes that they attended church services and the church was trimmed in black. On Wednesday April 19th, the author notes that they attended the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Unknown. "Journal – Sunday April 16 (Attended Church) to Friday 21". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/401

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Unknown

Date

April 16, 1865

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Journal – DC Journal Sunday April 16 to Friday 21

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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.

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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]

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Unknown. "Journal – DC Journal Sunday April 16 to Friday 21". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/399

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Unknown

Date

April 19, 1865

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Journal – DC Journal Monday April 10 1865

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The journal contains entries from Thursday, April 13,1865, to Saturday, April 15, 1865, recounting the happenings around the District of Columbia. The author cites the illumination of the city in honor of Union victories. On the 14th it notes that Lincoln was shot and Seward was stabbed. The 15th notes Lincolns death at 7:22.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Unknown. "Journal – DC Journal Monday April 10 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/398

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Unknown

Date

April 13, 1865

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Otis Keene Diary, April 16-18, 1865

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Manuscript item from “Pioneer Days in Florida,” the Otis Keene diary of 1865, April 16-18, which reported the assassination, the funeral procession, the hunt for Booth, etc. Diary, correspondence. These diaries (1863-1894, 1903-1910) contain Keene's often terse entries about his daily routines from 1863, when he resided in Washington, D.C., through his years as a citizen of Jacksonville, Florida. They include his reaction to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, the diaries do not cover the crucial Florida years of 1898 (Spanish-American War) and 1901 (Great Jacksonville Fire) but remain important as a local chronicle.

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University of Florida

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Keene, Otis L., 1830-. "Otis Keene Diary, April 16-18, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/376

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Keene, Otis L., 1830-

Date

April 16, 1865

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Diary

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Otis Keene Diary, April 15, 1865

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Manuscript item from “Pioneer Days in Florida,” the Otis Keene diary of 1865, April 15 to April 27, which reported the assassination, the funeral procession, the hunt for Booth, etc. Diary, correspondence. These diaries (1863-1894, 1903-1910) contain Keene's often terse entries about his daily routines from 1863, when he resided in Washington, D.C., through his years as a citizen of Jacksonville, Florida. They include his reaction to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, the diaries do not cover the crucial Florida years of 1898 (Spanish-American War) and 1901 (Great Jacksonville Fire) but remain important as a local chronicle.

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University of Florida

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Keene, Otis L., 1830-. "Otis Keene Diary, April 15, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/373

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Keene, Otis L., 1830-

Date

April 15, 1865

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Diary

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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

Description

States, "On Wednesday next, the day of funeral of President, suspect work in Yard and on vessels, keep flags at half mast and fire twenty-one minute guns at Meridian. . . ."

Source

Missouri History Museum

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. "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". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 3, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/347

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Date

April 17, 1865