Lincoln Assassination, New York Herald, April 15, 1865
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AM1959.7.1
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Lincoln Assassination, New York Herald, April 15, 1865
President Lincoln shot at the Theatre. Secretary Seward daggered in his bed, but not mortally wounded. Clarence and Frederick Seward badly hurt. Escape of the assassins. Intense excitement in Washington. Scene at the deathbed of Mr. Lincoln. J. Wilks Booth, the actor, the alleged assassin of the President.
