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[LINCOLN, Abraham]. Printed broadside: [JOHNSON, Andrew]. Proclamation by the President! Whereas, It appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, the the atrocious murder of the late President.... incited, concocted and procured by and between Jeff Davis... Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker, Geo. N. Sanders, W.C. Cleary and other rebels and traitors against the good of the United States, harbored in Canada:..... Washington: 2 May, 1865. 8o broadside, 27 lines, 200 x 125 mm. , fine. By this date, the search for any and all who might have participated in, or directed Lincoln's assassination conspiracy had broadened to include former Confederate officials, including Jefferson Davis. Johnson's proclamation details the rewards for Jefferson Davis ($100,000), and the other named rebels ($25,000 each), the descriptions of said traitors to be issued by the Provost Marshall General.