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Proclamation by the Mayor of Milwaukee

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Proclamation by Mayor Abner Kirby of Milwaukee, WI. He tells of Lincoln's assassination and incorrectly claims that Secretary of Seward was also killed "by a still more infamous hand." He then recommends that "all dwellings and business places of our City forthwith be clad in mourning as a token of the deep and common sorrow that prevails."

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Library of Congress, Rare Book And Special Collections Division, Portfolio 5, no. 22, Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana catalog 4750

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Abner Kirby. "Proclamation by the Mayor of Milwaukee". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/727

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Abner Kirby

Date

April 16, 1865

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El Pájaro Verde

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Newspaper article about news received from a wire that President Lincoln died. Mr. Seward and Frederick Seward are also listed as dead. Also mentions that Mr. Lincoln’s killer, the actor Wilkes Booth, has been captured.

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Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th century; reel 182

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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: Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th-century (microfilm set). LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, the University of Texas at Austin.

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El Pájaro Verde. "El Pájaro Verde". México : Imp. de M. Villanueva. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/510

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El Pájaro Verde

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México : Imp. de M. Villanueva

Date

April 29, 1865

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L'Estafette: Journal Français

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News arrived through a telegram that President Lincoln was murdered, it also mistakenly mentions that his son, and Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, were murdered. Another wire confirms the assassination of Mr. Lincoln and mistakenly also the death of his son and his Prime Minister.

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Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th century; reel 279

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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: Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th-century (microfilm set). LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, the University of Texas at Austin.

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L'Estafette. "L'Estafette: Journal Français". México : Ch. de Barrès et J.E. Caire. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/507

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L'Estafette

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México : Ch. de Barrès et J.E. Caire

Date

April 28, 1865

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La Orquesta: Periodico Omniscio, de Buen Humor y con Caricaturas

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News article about President Lincoln’s assassination, the death of one of his sons and Mr. Seward is also (mistakenly) reported.

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Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th century; reel 168

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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: Independent Mexico in newspapers, the 19th-century (microfilm set). LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, the University of Texas at Austin.

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La Orquesta. "La Orquesta: Periodico Omniscio, de Buen Humor y con Caricaturas". Méjico : Impr. de la Paz. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/502

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La Orquesta

Publisher

Méjico : Impr. de la Paz

Date

April 29, 1865

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"Abraham Lincoln died this morning"

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Published in the Texas State Gazette on April 26, 1865, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton sent this short account to Major General Dix chronicling the events of the assassination and naming John Wilkes Booth as the shooter.

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Washington, April 14, 10 a.m.

To Major Gen. Dix:

Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 27 minutes after seven o'clock. Frederick Seward's skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut on the head. He is still alive but hopeless. Major Seward's wounds are not dangerous.

It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two suspects were engaged in the horrible crime-Wilkes Booth being the one who shot the President, and the other a [?] of his whose description is so clear that he cannot escape.

It appears from a letter found in Booth's trunk that the murder was planned before the 4th of March but fell through then because the accomplice backed out until Richmond could be heard from. Booth and his accomplice were at the livery stable before six o'clock last evening and left there with their horses about 10 o'clock or shortly before that hour. It would seem that they had been seeking their chance, but for some unknown reason it was not carried into effect until last night. One of them has evidently made his way to Baltimore, the other has not been traced since. Secretary Seward is dead. Booth is arrested.

[signed] E.M. Stanton

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Austin History Center, Texas State Gazette microfilm

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E.M. Stanton. ""Abraham Lincoln died this morning"". Texas State Gazette. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/471

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E.M. Stanton

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Texas State Gazette

Date

April 26, 1865

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"Assassination! of President Lincoln!!! [...] Secretary Seward Also Assassinated"

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The Cleveland Morning Leader reports the details of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, but also, incorrectly, states that Secretary Seward was assassinated.

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Cleveland Morning Leader. ""Assassination! of President Lincoln!!! [...] Secretary Seward Also Assassinated"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/464

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Cleveland Morning Leader

Date

April 15, 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.

Source

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 December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/397

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Unknown

Date

April 16, 1865

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Tri-Weekly Constitutionalist, April 23, 1865

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Interior page report of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in a Confederate newspaper. The article is titled "Particulars of the Killing of Lincoln and Seward" and it claims the attack resulted "in the death of the two arch-fiends of the revolution." False report of the death of Secretary William H. Seward.

Source

HN-1865-011123B

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Stockton & Co.. "Tri-Weekly Constitutionalist, April 23, 1865". Stockton & Co.. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/351

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Stockton & Co.

Publisher

Stockton & Co.

Date

April 23, 1865

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Newspaper

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Issue of Bulletin EXTRA: "Lincoln and Seward and Fred Seward Assassinated!!", April 15, 1865

Source

Missouri History Museum

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Bulletin. "Issue of Bulletin EXTRA: "Lincoln and Seward and Fred Seward Assassinated!!", April 15, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/322

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Bulletin

Date

April 15, 1865

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"Glorious News. Lincoln and Seward Assassinated! Lee Defeats Grant. Andy Johnson Inaugurated President."

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Erroneous dispatch originally published in the Demopolis Herald on April 19, 1865 (shown here reprinted in the Alabama Beacon on April 21). While correctly announcing the death of Lincoln and the inauguration of Johnson as president, it reports that Secretary of State Seward was killed as well; in fact, that assassination attempt was not successful. The piece also mentions a rumor from Selma, Alabama, "that Lee and Johnston had effected a junction and whipped Grant soundly. Passengers, wounded soldiers and officers confirm this." The news was sent by the telegraph operator in Meridian, Mississippi.

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[From Demoplis Herald, 19th]
GLORIOUS NEWS.
Lincoln and Seward Assassinated!
LEE DEFEATS GRANT.
Andy Johnson Inaugurated President.

We have been favored with the following private dispatch , which we hasten to lay before our readers, with the hope that it may prove true:

DEMOPOLIS, April 18, 1865 —TO COL. GARNER:—SIR—The operator at Meridian has just telegraphed me that Memphis papers state, over the signature of Secretary Stanton, that Lincoln and Seward were both assassinated the same night at Washington City. Lincoln was shot through the head in the theatre: Seward slain while sick in bed.
Andy Johnson was inaugurated as President of the United States on the 15th.
This is said to be true beyond a doubt.
I inquired particularly from the operator as to whether from the operator as to whether there was anything more in regard to Lee’s capitulation, and he said nothing at all from Northern papers.
A gentlemen just from Selma says it is believed in Selma that Lee and Johnson had effected a junction and whipped Grant soundly. Passengers, wounded soldiers and officers confirm this.
This is given on the authority of the operator at Meridian.
JOHN W. HENLEY, Operator.




[Transcription by: Dr. Susan Corbesero, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

Source

Excerpt from the Alabama Beacon, book number 33.0010. Catalog record for this title is available here.

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Alabama Beacon. ""Glorious News. Lincoln and Seward Assassinated! Lee Defeats Grant. Andy Johnson Inaugurated President."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/192

Creator

Alabama Beacon

Date

April 21, 1865