(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Early edition of the New York Times with a

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"AWFUL EVENT. PRESIDENT LINCOLN SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN." (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Early edition of the New York Times with assassination coverage. 8 pages, 22 x 15 3/4 inches, on one unopened sheet, unbound; folds, moderate foxing; the assassin's name penciled in bottom margin. New York, 15 April 1865

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The first four columns of this early edition are given over to dispatches from Washington extending through 2:12 a.m. The last announces that "the President is still alive; but he is growing weaker. . . . He remains insensible, and his condition is utterly hopeless." with--14 other New York newspapers (Times, Herald, World, and Tribune) covering the assassination and its aftermath. April to July 1865; 12 November 1864 Herald with news on Lincoln's re-election; and two war-date Cincinnati Daily Gazettes, 1863 and 1864.