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[LINCOLN, Abraham, ASSASSINATION & FUNERAL]. An archive of 15 contemporary newspapers reporting the assassination, the hunt for conspirators and the funeral, including: Harper's Weekly, 5 issues, 6 May 1865 - 3 June 1865, each 16 pp., numerous wood-engraved illustrations including catafalque, surrender of Lee, Lincoln & son -- Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 issues, 20 - 26 April 1865, each 8 pp., illustrated -- National Police Gazette, 3 issues, 22, 29 April, 6 May 1865, each 4 pp., tape repairs, illustrated, large scenes of Lincoln's death, Booth's shooting, etc. -- New York Tribune, 2 issues, 17 & 18 April 1865, each 8 pp., unillustrated -- Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, 2 issues, each 4 pp., 1 & 5 May 1865, black borders. Together 15 items. (15)