Auction Name: 2026 March 18 The Dan Madsen Collection of Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain Memorabilia Americana & Political Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 43007

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Abraham Lincoln: Important Assassination Broadside Extra. 6 1/4" x 12" extra issued, we believe, by the Springfield [IL] State Journal, dated April 15, 1865. The headlines read: "Horror Horror/ Most Dreadful News/ Assassination/ Pres. Lincoln Shot./ He Died This Morning/ Seward Stabbed/ He Died This Forenoon/ His Two Sons Badly Hurt." Extra concludes with a dispatch from Chicago erroneously reporting on the death of Seward, which was not the case. These broadside extra's are highly sought after by collectors.

Condition: Flattened folds, scattered pinholes at top and bottom margins. Minor loss to top right corner. Small stain on verso. Arguably the most desirable of assassination extras, being from Lincoln's hometown.

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