Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln/compiled by B. F. Morris
Memorable days and events proceeding the President's death -- Visit of the President to the Army and to Richmond, and return -- President's last day on Earth -- Threats of assassination -- Assassination of the President, and his dying scenes -- Testimony in regard to the assassination, and...
| Subtitles: | Nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Washington, D.C.
W. H. & O. H. Morrison
1866
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| In: | Year: 1866 |
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Funeral sermons
B Eulogies B Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Assassination B Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Death and burial B Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) B Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Funeral journey to Springfield B History |
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| Summary: | Memorable days and events proceeding the President's death -- Visit of the President to the Army and to Richmond, and return -- President's last day on Earth -- Threats of assassination -- Assassination of the President, and his dying scenes -- Testimony in regard to the assassination, and accounts of eye-witnesses -- John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of the President -- Inauguration of President Johnson -- Meeting of senators and members of the House of Representatives -- Meeting of clergymen, their visit to President Johnson -- President Lincoln's remains lying in state in the presidential mansion -- Funeral services at the President's house -- Funeral procession from the presidential mansion to the Capitol -- Official orders concerning the President's death -- Action of the diplomatic body -- Tributes to the states represented at Washington -- Tributes of the courts and civic bodies in Washington -- Funeral honors on the route from Washington to Springfield -- Tributes and sympathy of foreign nations -- Meeting of Americans in foreign countries -- National humiliation and prayer -- Favorite poem of President Lincoln -- Historic apostrophe. |
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| Item Description: | "The echoes of his funeral knell vibrate through the world, and the friends of freedom of every tongue and in every clime are his mourners. -- Bancroft on Prest. Lincoln"--t.p. - Includes index--p. 269-272. - Book, cloth; spine and cover titles embossed in gold |