(Lincoln, Abraham) - "Awful Event. President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin. The Deed Done at Ford's Theatre Last Night." New York Times (April 15, 1865)

New York, New York Times, 1865. First Edition. 0 pp. Unbound. The complete original New York Times announcing the first news reports on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This copy is in near fine condition and no previously bound. There is slight wear at the center of the first page where two small slits appear with almost no loss of text. This is a well-preserved copy of, perhaps, the key historical newspaper in American history. Quite rare. Near Fine.

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