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Journal – James Henry Wiggin pt 1

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Personal journal, on Saturday the 15th the author notes that President Lincoln was assassinated last night in Ford’s Theatre, Washington (New York is crossed out). It also notes that Seward was attacked as well.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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James Henry Wiggin . "Journal – James Henry Wiggin pt 1". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/431

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James Henry Wiggin

Date

April 15, 1865

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Card – President Lincoln Died

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Card announcing the death of President Lincoln at 22 minutes past 7.

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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 – President Lincoln Died". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/422

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Unknown

Date

April 15, 1865

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Journal – Friday April 14, 1865, Saturday April 16

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The journal contains diary entries from Friday, April 14, 1865 to Saturday, April 15, 1865. April 14th notes that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at 10 o’clock in the evening and that Seward was attacked at the same hour. April 15th notes that the President died at 22 minutes after 7.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Unknown. "Journal – Friday April 14, 1865, Saturday April 16". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/400

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Unknown

Date

April 15, 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 May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/398

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Unknown

Date

April 13, 1865

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Journal – April Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 1865

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This diary contains journal entries from Thursday, April 13, 1865, through Sunday , April 16th, 1865. April 15th, the author notes that they heard of the death of the President and “also of Seward”. On the 16th the journalist talks about going to church and the “calamity” that has happened to the Nation.

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Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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Unknown. "Journal – April Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/397

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Unknown

Date

April 16, 1865

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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 May 13, 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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Alice Strickler Keyes diary entry

Description

Alice Strickler Keyes eyewitness account of the day that Lincoln’s funeral train stopped in Columbus, Ohio, on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where the remains of the president and those of his son Willie would be buried. This account is an excerpt from the Alice Strickler Keyes diary passage in the Altrurian Club of Columbus, Ohio President's Book.

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These grounds, at the head of State street, it was so far from the town and in such a swampy and unimproved district, that it too was dubbed “Swayne’s Folly.” Noah Swayne became most widely known as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

His home at the head of State street was later occupied by J. Ewing Miller. Its site is now that of the Carnegie Library.

Before the “Insane Asylum” burned, the terminus of all our walks eastward, was the great flat boulder, that still lies on the sidewalk in the east Broad street, east of Jefferson Avenue.

A little farther east the Asylum Grounds ended, and not far beyond, lay “Riley’s Woods,” and the open country.

In April, 1865, Columbus with the rest of The Nation was celebrating the “Fall of Fort Sumpter,” the surrender of General Lee, and the End of the “Civil War.” There was great rejoicing.

April 14th was appointed by Governor Brough as a day of thanksgiving. On that day there were services in the churches in the morning;—in the afternoon

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and evening everything was done that is possible on such occasions to express the joy of the citizens. The town was lavishly decorated.

The next morning, April 15th all this joy was turned to sorrow when the news of President Lincoln’s assassination reached the city. The emblems of Victory gave place to those of mourning for the fallen Chief.

It was learned a few days later, that the funeral train on its way to Springfield, Illinois, would stop in Columbus, and that the body of the President would lie in state for one day, in the Rotunda of the Capitol.

At school we were told that the city Fire Department would be in the procession to meet the train at the station, and that a number of young girls, dressed in deep mourning were wanted—one to stand beside each driver on the fire engines, and many others to ride on the large “Hook and Ladder” wagon, reconstructed for the occasion.

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This plan was carried out. Forty-two school girls of varying ages, of whom I was one, rode on this car, massed around one of our teachers (Miss Sarah Smith) who was heavily draped in black and represented “Columbia.”

After the coffin of President Lincoln was placed on the splendid funeral car, the procession started back on its route through the streets of the city.

At intervals the black robed girls on the float, led by their teacher, sang verses from dirge-like hymns.

When the procession stopped at the gate of the Capitol, these girls left their float and were led into the building, and past the coffin of the President. It is said over fifty thousand people viewed “the remains” that day.

The catalogue used to carry the body of President Lincoln had a canopy shaped like a pagoda. It was large, covered with black cloth, festooned, and trimmed with silver fringe. It was drawn by six white horses with large black plumes on their heads. The horses had a covering of black cloth edged with silver fringe, and each horse was led by a groom dressed in black.

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The silver fringe used to trim the funeral car of President Lincoln in Columbus, was afterward turned over to women of one of the church societies, to make into souvenirs to be sold, and I was able to secure a piece of it.

The historian of the “Altrurian Club” (Mrs. Cope) has asked for a small portion of the fringe to be attached to this record of my recollections, and I am happy to give this tiny, precious relic to “Altrurian Club,” of which I am a charter member, and through all the years of its existence, without a break, a constant and loyal member.
Alice S. Keyes
(Mrs. Elias A. Keyes.)
[piece of silver fringe attached]


[Transcription by McCaela Michas]

Source

Ohio History Connection

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Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Collection . Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page.

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Keyes, Alice Strickler. "Alice Strickler Keyes diary entry". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/282

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Keyes, Alice Strickler

Date

1907

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

Description

States, "President Lincoln was assassinated last night. The assassins are expected to escape down the Potomac please return. I am on board the guard vessel. . . ."

Source

Missouri History Museum

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Nickerson, S.. "U. S. Military Telegraph of S. Nickerson, Actg. Vol. Master, to Comdr. F. A. Parker, April 15, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/331

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Nickerson, S.

Date

April 15, 1865

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

Description

States, "President Lincoln was assassinated this AM. The assinaters [assassins] are expected to escape down the Potomac, please return. I am on board the guard schooner. . . ."

Source

Missouri History Museum

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Nickerson, S.. "Contemporary copy of telegraph of S. Nickerson, at Inigoes, to Comdr. F. A. Parker, Yorktown, Va., [April 15, 1865]". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/330

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Nickerson, S.

Date

April 15, 1865

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Letter signed Althea [Althea Johnson] and Clay, St. Louis, to Parents, April 23, 1865

Description

Discusses the impact of President Lincoln's death on St. Louis.

Source

Missouri History Museum

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Johnson, Althea. "Letter signed Althea [Althea Johnson] and Clay, St. Louis, to Parents, April 23, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/323

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Johnson, Althea

Date

April 23, 1865