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Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln / compiled by B. F. Morris.
- Other Title:
- Nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln; Nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln
- Authors:
- Morris, B. F.
- Item ID:
- 71200908402010
- Publisher:
- Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1866 (Washington, D.C. : M'Gill & Witherow).
- Call Number:
- E457.52 .M87 1866
- Physical Description:
- 5-272 p., [5] leaves of plates: frontis., ill., plan, port. ; 24 cm.
- Topic:
- Funeral sermons.
- Eulogies.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Funeral journey to Springfield.
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
- Note:
- "The echoes of his funeral knell vibrate through the world, and the friends of freedom of every tongue and in every clime are his mourners. -- Bancroft on Prest. Lincoln"--t.p.; Includes index--p. 269-272.; Book, cloth; spine and cover titles embossed in gold.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Memorable days and events proceeding the President's death -- Visit of the President to the Army and to Richmond, and return -- President's last day on Earth -- Threats of assassination -- Assassination of the President, and his dying scenes -- Testimony in regard to the assassination, and accounts of eye-witnesses -- John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of the President -- Inauguration of President Johnson -- Meeting of senators and members of the House of Representatives -- Meeting of clergymen, their visit to President Johnson -- President Lincoln's remains lying in state in the presidential mansion -- Funeral services at the President's house -- Funeral procession from the presidential mansion to the Capitol -- Official orders concerning the President's death -- Action of the diplomatic body -- Tributes to the states represented at Washington -- Tributes of the courts and civic bodies in Washington -- Funeral honors on the route from Washington to Springfield -- Tributes and sympathy of foreign nations -- Meeting of Americans in foreign countries -- National humiliation and prayer -- Favorite poem of President Lincoln -- Historic apostrophe.
- OCLC Number:
- ocm09962975
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
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