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Lot 109

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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A group of 6 newspapers, comprising:

New York Daily News. Vol. IX, No. 80. New York: 15 April 1865. 8pp. (Scattered repairs and old adhesive residue, pages separated). "A TERRIBLE CRIME...A pistol ball through his head...NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE." -- Detroit Advertiser & Tribune. Evening Edition. Vol. XXIX, No. 234. Detroit: Advertiser & Tribune Company, 15 April 1865. 4pp. -- The Louisville Daily Journal. Vol. XXXV, No. 142. Louisville: Prentice, Henderson, & Osborne, 15 April 1865. 4pp. Lincoln assassination not front page news (see p.3). -- Vicksburg Daily Herald. Ira A. Batterton, editor. Vicksburg, MS, 18 April 1865. 2pp. "THE ACTOR WILKES BOOTH THE ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN!" -- The Richmond Times. Vol. 1, No. 7. Richmond: Charles H. Wynne, 28 April 1865. 8pp. "ARREST OF BOOTH! He is killed in the effort to arrest him!" -- Boston Semi-Weekly Courier. Vol. XLIII, No. 31. Boston: Evening Courier Association, 18 April 1865. 4pp. "The Two Assassins Known. $10,000 Reward Offered for their Capture... The Murders Endeavoring to Escape to Canada."-- Together, 6 newspapers, including 2 confederate imprints.



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