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[Abraham Lincoln]: Assassination Newspaper. Boston Daily Journal (MA), April 15, 1865, 4 pgs., 20 1/2" x 25". Newspaper contains prominent bold "stacked" headlines on pages 2, 3, and 4 with long detailed "first day" coverage of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. Early coverage of the assassination.

Condition: Disbound, else fine.


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