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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09191 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln's death |
| Date | 15 April 1865 |
| Author | Milliken, George (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Early telegraphed notice of his death, sent by American Telegraph Company executive George Milliken to his wife at 8:30 AM. "President Lincoln died at twenty-two minutes after seven. J. Wilkes Booth was the Assassin. This is official." |
| Subjects | Lincoln Assassination President Death |
| People | Milliken, George (fl. 1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |