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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08428.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of newspapers related to Lincoln assassination |
| Title | New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7498 (April 18, 1865)] |
| Date | 18 April 1865 |
| Author | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Reports on the improving condition of Secretary Seward and his son Frederick Seward. New York prepares for Lincoln's funeral as the city mourns the loss of the president. A reprint of a letter originally printed in The Selma (Alabama newspaper) and later reprinted in the Philadelphia Inquirer asks for $1,000,000 to murder Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Andrew Johnson. Promises to deliver the "services" by March 1, 1865. The letter is dated December 1, 1864. Also reports that General Sherman and General Johnston are negotiating terms of surrender. The paper is uncut. |
| Subjects | Civil War President Government and Civics Lincoln Assassination Death Assassination Union Forces Lincoln's Cabinet Injury or Wound Confederate States of America Union General Confederate General or Leader Military History Surrender |
| People | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Seward, Frederick William (1830-1915) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | The New-York Daily Tribune also known as the New York Tribune was established by Horace Greeley in 1841 and was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States. Greeley died in 1872, the year Whitelaw Reid assumed control of the paper. His son Ogden Mills Reid merged the paper with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. Reid until his death in 1947. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |