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The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865
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The Assassination of President Lincoln / At Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865
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The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865
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Death of President Lincoln./At Washington D.C. April 15th 1865/The Nation's Martyr
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Variant of the first death bed print published by Currier & Ives. Depicts "little Tad" Lincoln weeping at his mother's knee beside the President's bedside. Tad was never present at the deathbed. This revised version includes Vice President Andrew Johnson at the bedside in place of Gen. Henry W. Halleck. See also pri675 (26)
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