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“the worst blow the confederacy has yet had”

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1865: WASHINGTON, April 15 – 11 A.M. At 20 minutes past 7 o’clock the President breathed his last, closing his eyes as if falling asleep, and his countenance assuming an expression of … Continue reading

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Monday theater

150 years ago today “President Abraham Lincoln attends the theater in Washington, D.C., ironically observing actor John Wilkes Booth perform in The Marble Heart.” According to The Lincoln Log (you can search by the date or the name of the … Continue reading

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