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Abraham Lincoln foully assassinated April 14, 1865 : a poem with an illustration, from the London Punch, for May 6, 1865
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Image of a half-length portrait of United States president Abraham Lincoln; elaborate border made up of vignettes featuring a family and covered wagon, the Proclamation of Freedom, an African American family, two allegorical figures representing "Rebellion" and "Peace," and clasped hands over "The Union Forever" banner with wheat and cotton; Rebellion is holds a sword and tattered American flag while stepping on a many-headed dragon at bottom left; Peace holds a sheaf of grain and stands next to a Union shield and bald eagle with "E Pluribus Unum" banner.
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Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript signed. Poem beginning "O, Mournful night! Of all beside…" With note "Written April 19th 1865. Copied for Mr. Harrison Wright, of Wilkes Barre, Penna., St. Louis, April 1st 1867 by his friend, L.J.C." (3 pages)
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