Gardner Brewer to Alexander
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Wealthy Boston merchant Gardner Brewer writes to a "Mrs. Alexander" about Lincoln's assassination and its impact on the nation.
Brewer, Gardner, 1806-1874
Gardner Brewer Letters
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-17
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eng
516580
Boston, Massachusetts
R. E. Brown to M. W. Brown
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Attempted assassination
Assassins
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Military training camps
Soldiers
R. E. Brown writes to his sister from Camp Curtain, Pennsylvania, relating news of Lincoln's assassination. Written on April 15, 1865, Brown had just received the news of President Lincoln's death. Brown also relates the widespread but inaccurate rumor that the assassins killed Secretary of State Seward.
Brown, R. E.
R. E. Brown Letter
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-15
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eng
516576
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Helen Augusta Bratt DuBarry to Ann A. Lamoureaux Bratt
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Helen DuBarry writes to her mother, providing a detailed account of the assassination of President Lincoln, which Helen witnessed as a member of the audience at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865.
DuBarry, Helen Augusta Bratt, 1839-1925
Helen A. Bratt DuBarry Letters
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-16
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eng
516577
Washington, D.C.
Helen Augusta Bratt DuBarry to Ann A. Lamoureaux Bratt
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Presidents--Assassination
In the wake of Lincoln's assassination, Helen DuBarry writes her mother about witnessing Lincoln's funeral procession in Washington, D.C.
DuBarry, Helen Augusta Bratt, 1839-1925
Helen A. Bratt DuBarry Letters
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-25
pdf
eng
516578
Washington, D.C.
B. B. Emory to Unknown
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Employment references
Emory writes to an unnamed doctor, asking for a letter of recommendation to Secretary of State William H. Seward for a consular position. In his letter, Emory discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the public mood in Washington, D.C., as well as the actions of President Andrew Johnson.
Emory, B. B.
B. B. Emory Letter
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-24
pdf
eng
516574
Washington, D.C.
Edward P. Hudson to James Evans
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination attempts
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1821-1883
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Evans, James
Captain of Company G, 21st Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps, Edward P. Hudson telegrams Captain James Evans, a provost marshal, to arrest, on orders of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Junius Brutus Booth, the brother of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. <br /><br />The order states that Junius Booth is to be brought "in irons" to Washington, D. C.
Hudson, Edward P.
Edwin P. Hudson Telegram
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-25
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eng
516673
Preston King to Unknown
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
United States. Congress. Senate
Preston King, a former U.S. Senator from New York, comments on the shock and grief gripping the nation in the wake of the assassination of President Lincoln. King also expresses his confidence in President Andrew Johnson.
King, Preston, 1806-1865
Preston King Letter
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-25
pdf
eng
516581
Washington, D.C.
Hugh McCulloch to the Employees of the Treasury Department
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
American Civil War (1861-1865)
United States. Department of the Treasury
Mourning customs
Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch signed this notice requiring all members of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to wear black crepe bands on their left arm for a period of six months in honor of the memory of President Lincoln.
McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895
Hugh McCulloch Letter
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-17
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eng
516579
Washington, D.C.
T. V. Moore to Phineas D. Gurley
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Gurley, Phineas D.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Southern States
Presbyterians
Clergy
T. V. Moore, a popular Presbyterian minister in Richmond, Virginia, writes to fellow minister Phineas D. Gurley, expressing the shock, sorrow, and consternation in Richmond on the news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Moore, T. V.
T. V. Moore Letter
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
1865-04-17
pdf
eng
516575
Richmond, Virginia