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[Lincoln Assassination] New York Daily Tribune, April 15, 1865. A rare pairing of newspapers reporting on the shooting and death of Abraham Lincoln: the morning and evening editions of the April 15, 1865 New York Daily Tribune, each 4pp, 21 x 15½ in., with black-bordered columns. The morning's edition reports on page 3 the earliest dispatches received from Washington: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT! The president shot! Secretary Seward attacked," then sets forth the text of eleven dispatches received before press time. The President was shot in a theater tonight, and perhaps mortally wounded." Later dispatches included incorrect reports of Lincoln's death hours before it actually occurred, Seward's death, etc., with the facts becoming clearer as time passed. The evening edition of the paper reprints the earlier dispatches on page 2, and continues the story on page 3: "DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT." It cites Stanton's official notice of Lincoln's death, describes the late President's declining medical condition and the scene at the time of his death, incorrectly reports the capture of Booth, describes the early mourning in the capital and the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, and so on. The first newspaper is in fine condition; the second bears some foxing, with moderate soiling to page 3. The New-York Tribune's report on Lincoln's death was one of the first nationwide, and this evening edition is excessively rare! Housed in a custom-made folder of black buckram with burgundy spine; the name of the paper, the date, and "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" in gilt lettering.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.

Categories: U.S. Presidents and First Ladies