The handwritten notification of President Abraham Lincoln's death is being offered for sale by a Philadelphia documents dealer. Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, says the telegram was ...

April 14, 1865, got off to a far better start than most days in the White House Mary Todd Lincoln. Sadly, it would be an all-too-brief moment of happiness before the day ended in unimaginable fashion, ...

“Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven.” Ten words that changed the course of history. It was written on a telegram on April 15, 1865 — the morning after Lincoln was shot by John ...

“Services appropriate to the great calamity which has befallen the nation will be observed at the First Congregational Church to-morrow.” So said the April 15, 1865 Quincy Daily Whig and Republican.

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. After Lincoln’s assassination, ...

No American in history has been written about more than the nation’s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln ...