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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08428.08.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of newspapers related to Lincoln assassination |
| Title | New-York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 2076 (April 18, 1865)] |
| Date | 18 April 1865 |
| Author | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Announcement of the assassination of President Lincoln and attempt on Seward's life. Includes a minute-by-minute account of Lincoln's last night under the supervision of his physician, Dr. Abbott. Also includes Captain Theodore McGowen's account of the assassination. The paper is uncut. |
| Subjects | Civil War President Government and Civics Lincoln Assassination Death Assassination Union Forces Health and Medical Injury or Wound Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) Abbott, Ezra W. (fl. 1865-1866) McGowen, Theodore (fl. 1865-1866) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| 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 |