[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) - ASSASSINATION]. New York Semi-Weekly Tribune. New York: 28 April 1865. Front page report on the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth.
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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) - ASSASSINATION]. New York Semi-Weekly Tribune. New York: 28 April 1865. Front page report on the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth.
8pp., folio, 15 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. Disbound (chipping and tearing to edges, creasing, some toning to margins). Applied paper label in upper margin likely identified to original owner.
The issue features prominent, front page “stacked” headlines and six columns of detailed text reporting on the capture and shooting death of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. A displayable newspaper providing in-depth coverage of the final hours of Booth's life.
The issue features prominent, front page “stacked” headlines and six columns of detailed text reporting on the capture and shooting death of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. A displayable newspaper providing in-depth coverage of the final hours of Booth's life.
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