The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President |
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THE EFFECT OF THE ASSASSINATION IN EUROPE . 237 Remarks of the English Press ... 237 Proceedings in Parliament . 253 Proceedings on the Continent .. 262 IX . POEMS .. X. THE ASSASSIN AND HIS END .. 281 271 I. LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
THE EFFECT OF THE ASSASSINATION IN EUROPE . 237 Remarks of the English Press ... 237 Proceedings in Parliament . 253 Proceedings on the Continent .. 262 IX . POEMS .. X. THE ASSASSIN AND HIS END .. 281 271 I. LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... the restoration of the Southern States , the healing up of the wounds of the terrible strife , such were the thoughts and cares of the great and good man when he was suddenly cut down by the hand of a cowardly assassin , who struck ...
... the restoration of the Southern States , the healing up of the wounds of the terrible strife , such were the thoughts and cares of the great and good man when he was suddenly cut down by the hand of a cowardly assassin , who struck ...
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In the presence of hundreds , the chief of a great nation was murdered in an instant , and for a long time no trace of the recognized assassin could be found , although he must have galloped in the dead hour of night past officers and ...
In the presence of hundreds , the chief of a great nation was murdered in an instant , and for a long time no trace of the recognized assassin could be found , although he must have galloped in the dead hour of night past officers and ...
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But the time and place of the terrible crime were at last decided upon by the band of hired assassins . One of the chief theatres of Washington was directed by John T. Ford , who had placed the State Box , as it was called , at the ...
But the time and place of the terrible crime were at last decided upon by the band of hired assassins . One of the chief theatres of Washington was directed by John T. Ford , who had placed the State Box , as it was called , at the ...
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The assassin spent most of Friday in a very excited manner , drinking frequently at the bar of a saloon next - door to the theatre . During the afternoon , he called at the Kirkwood House , where Vice - President Johnson resided ...
The assassin spent most of Friday in a very excited manner , drinking frequently at the bar of a saloon next - door to the theatre . During the afternoon , he called at the Kirkwood House , where Vice - President Johnson resided ...
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| Title | The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President, John Gilmary Shea |
| Editor | John Gilmary Shea |
| Publisher | Bunce & Huntington, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608364290, 9780608364292 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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