A BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

[NEW YORK,] 15 APRIL 1865

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A BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
[NEW YORK,] 15 APRIL 1865
LINCOLN ASSASSINATION – The President is Dead! – War Department, Washington, April 15, 1865. To Maj. Gen. Dix, Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 11 minutes after Seven o'clock. E.M. Stanton, Sec. of War. [New York, 15 April 1865].

Letterpress broadside, 624 x 723mm, with thick, black mourning border. Hinged at top edge to mat, framed.
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with William Reese Company
Melvin "Pete" Mark Jr. (1926-2017), Portland, Oregon
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Treasures from the Melvin "Pete" Mark, Jr. Collection, 7 May 2022, lot 29

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Peter Klarnet
Peter Klarnet Senior Specialist, Americana

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The tragic news was telegraphed by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton who was present at the Petersen Boarding House where the president was taken following the shooting at Ford's Theatre. Stanton addressed his message to John A. Dix in New York. Dix immediately contacted the press, who reproduced the message throughout the city. This unusually large edition was likely intended to be pasted on a wall, but in this case it was saved from the typical fate of such ephemeral objects.

Extremely rare. Apart from the present example, the only other extant copy is part of the collections of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Altri da The Jim Irsay Collection: Icons of History

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