The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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Page 58
... silver mounted Derringer pistol and a bowie knife . He had long shown a nicked bullet with which he declared that he in- tended to kill the President , and during a recent visit to Boston spent much of his time at the pistol gallery of ...
... silver mounted Derringer pistol and a bowie knife . He had long shown a nicked bullet with which he declared that he in- tended to kill the President , and during a recent visit to Boston spent much of his time at the pistol gallery of ...
Page 112
... silver handles on each side , stars glis- tening between the handles , and a vein of silver winding around the whole case in a serpentine form . To the edges of the lid hung a rich silver tassel , making a chaste and elaborate fringe to ...
... silver handles on each side , stars glis- tening between the handles , and a vein of silver winding around the whole case in a serpentine form . To the edges of the lid hung a rich silver tassel , making a chaste and elaborate fringe to ...
Page 113
... silver stars upon his shoulder shine dimly in the draped apartment . He was one of the first in the war to urge the measure which Mr. Lincoln afterwards adopted . The aids walked to and fro , selected without reference to any asso ...
... silver stars upon his shoulder shine dimly in the draped apartment . He was one of the first in the war to urge the measure which Mr. Lincoln afterwards adopted . The aids walked to and fro , selected without reference to any asso ...
Page 135
... silver fringe and looped with silver stars . At each corner of the structure was the fasces , and on either side were muskets , rifles , carbines , bayonets , sabres , and cutlasses , arranged as trophies . No flag was displayed in the ...
... silver fringe and looped with silver stars . At each corner of the structure was the fasces , and on either side were muskets , rifles , carbines , bayonets , sabres , and cutlasses , arranged as trophies . No flag was displayed in the ...
Page 171
... silver braid and a row of silver stars , whilst the sides and ends of the dais were similarly ornamented . The in- terior of the canopy was of black cloth , gathered in fluted folds to a central point , where was a large star of black ...
... silver braid and a row of silver stars , whilst the sides and ends of the dais were similarly ornamented . The in- terior of the canopy was of black cloth , gathered in fluted folds to a central point , where was a large star of black ...
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