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Baltimore Clipper, April 15, 1865

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The Baltimore Clipper newspaper provides extensive details on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary William Henry Seward. It contains numerous official dispatches from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to Major General John A. Dix about Lincoln's condition. Known as "mourning rules," the wide vertical lines between the newspaper columns represent grief over the loss of an important person.

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HN-1865-011058

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Bull & Tuttle. "Baltimore Clipper, April 15, 1865". Bull & Tuttle. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/631

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Bull & Tuttle

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Bull & Tuttle

Date

April 15, 1865

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Newspaper

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The Southern Sentinel, April 30, 1865

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Confederate newspaper containing dispatches from various Northern newspapers regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary William H. Seward. Editorial titled "The Assassination of Lincoln" states: "Two weeks since we designated Lincoln as a despicable despot, and our opinion of him is unchanged by his death, which at an earlier date had it occurred in any other way, we should have rejoiced at, as the enemy of the South and the rights we are contending for. Our feelings and principles revolt alike however, at the infamous and cowardly crime by which he was cut off..."

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HN-1865-011152B

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T.G. Compton. "The Southern Sentinel, April 30, 1865". T.G. Compton. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/629

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T.G. Compton

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T.G. Compton

Date

April 30, 1865

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Newspaper

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Illinois Daily State Journal, April 28, 1865

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Interior page report in the Illinois Daily State Journal providing details on President Lincoln's funeral procession and his upcoming burial in Springfield, Illinois. The paper also reports extensively on the death of John Wilkes Booth and the capture of David E. Herold, including an official dispatch from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to Major General John A. Dix. Known as "mourning rules," the wide vertical lines between the newspaper columns represent grief over the loss of an important person.

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HN-1865-011138B

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Baker & Phillips. "Illinois Daily State Journal, April 28, 1865". Baker & Phillips. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/625

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Baker & Phillips

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Baker & Phillips

Date

April 28, 1865

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Newspaper

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

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George R. Harrington Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.

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Please contact the Missouri History Museum at photo@mohistory.org for permission to publish this resource.

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Barr, John. "Resolution passed by the 7th Ward of the City of Philadelphia relating to the assassination of the late President Lincoln, April 19, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/536

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Barr, John

Date

April 19, 1865

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Letter to Mexican diplomat Matias Romero from G. Barrios

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Barrios expresses shock at learning of Lincoln’s assassination at the theater. Description of Lincoln as “the personification of US unity and faithful representative of the Monroe Doctrine”. Hope that the assassination won’t influence policy toward Mexico negatively, though it’s likely nothing could lead the Americans to change their stance on European intervention in the hemisphere.

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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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Barrios, G.. "Letter to Mexican diplomat Matias Romero from G. Barrios". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/501

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Barrios, G.

Date

May 3, 1865

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Card- Picture of John Wilkes Booth standing with coat (front)

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Photo of John Wilkes Booth with information on the back identifying him as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

Source

Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution to the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission please contact Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District.

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Unknown. "Card- Picture of John Wilkes Booth standing with coat (front) ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/443

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Unknown

Date

1865

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Card – photo of John Wilkes Booth sitting (front)

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Photo of John Wilkes Booth, identified on the back as being the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution to the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission please contact Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District.

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Unknown. "Card – photo of John Wilkes Booth sitting (front)". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/442

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Unknown

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1865

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Letter of Mary [Mary Farren], New York, to Uncle Sol [Solomon F. Smith], April 18, 1865

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Gives her reaction to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. States, ". . . .I presume the horrible occurance of last Friday, has thrown a gloom over St. Louis, as everywhere else. I fear the measures were so well taken that the principal criminal will escape. What a dreadful calamity to befall his family. His poor old Mother, had he no human feeling left, that he could crush her in her declining years with such a blow. Edwin [Edwin Booth] it is said is perfectly prostrated. His career in all probability blighted forever. . . .By the way the name of Actor is not in much favor here at present. I was told the Detectives watch them pretty closely. . . ."

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Missouri History Museum

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This item is in the public domain.

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Farren, Mary. "Letter of Mary [Mary Farren], New York, to Uncle Sol [Solomon F. Smith], April 18, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/314

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Farren, Mary

Date

April 18, 1865

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Assassination Event

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Carte-de-visite showing an armed Booth standing outside the Presidential Box at Ford's Theater. The devil is standing behind and to Booth's side, whispering into his ear. The box's occupants are visible beyond Booth's other side. Below the overlapped image is the legend, "John Wilkes Booth. The Assassin."

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anonymous. "Assassination Event ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/238

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anonymous

Date

1865

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4 inches high by 2 1/2 inches wide

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"Mr. Davis and the Assassination."

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Brief report of Jefferson Davis's response to the death of President Lincoln: "Mr. Davis said that he deplored the event, and trusted that an investigation would prove that no Southern man had any connection with it." Originally published in the Lynchburg Virginian; reprinted in the Montgomery Daily Post on July 3, 1865.

Source

Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.

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Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as defined here. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please contact the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

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Montgomery Daily Post. ""Mr. Davis and the Assassination."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 17, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/211

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Montgomery Daily Post

Date

July 3, 1865