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Eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

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Call Number:
F0977
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
1 item
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0977, Stevens, John H., Eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1865 (inclusive)
Creator:
Stevens, John H.
Abstract:
Consists of one handwritten manuscript by John H. Stevens in which he gives an eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

This collection consists one handwritten manuscript by John H. Stevens in which he gives an eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln published in the book,

We Saw Lincoln Shot. It was written some time after the event by Stevens who was present at the Ford Theatre on April 15, 1865.

Box 68, F0977: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, 2014.

Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, January 2016.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2016 January 26
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Eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Box 68 Folder F0977

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