1. Creator/Author:
  2. Edwin M. Stanton (1)

President is Dead!

Creator:
Edwin M. Stanton, War Department
Location:
Washington, D. C.
Origin Date:
1865
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 25 5/16 in x 28 3/4 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.2597
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This broadside was an official announcement on April 15, 1865, from Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, of President Abraham Lincoln's death "this morning at 22 minutes after seven o'clock." President Lincoln had been shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth as the president, his wife, and two friends sat in the president's box at Ford's Theatre the night before. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum