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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00339.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Chicago tribune. [Vol. 28, no. 280 (April 15, 1865)] featuring an article reporting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| Date | 15 April 1865 |
| Author | Medill, Joseph (1823-1899) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Reports that President Lincoln has been assassinated and that an attempt was made on Secretary Seward's life. Also reports that Jefferson Davis has issued an edict at Danville. |
| Subjects | Assassination Lincoln Assassination Lincoln's Cabinet Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Government and Civics |
| People | Medill, Joseph (1823-1899) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Chicago, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | The company was founded in 1847. That year, on June 10, the Chicago Tribune published its first edition in a one-room plant located at LaSalle and Lake Streets. The original press run consisted of 400 copies printed on a hand press. In 1869, the Tribune erected its first building, a four-story structure at Dearborn and Madison Streets. In October 1871, when the Great Chicago Fire raged through the city, the wooden building was destroyed, as was most of the city. The Tribune reappeared two days later with an editorial declaring "Chicago Shall Rise Again." The newspaper’s editor and part-owner, Joseph Medill, was elected mayor and led the city’s reconstruction. A native Ohioan who first acquired an interest in the Tribune in 1855, Medill gained full control of the newspaper in 1874 and guided it until his death in 1899. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |