The tragedy of the nation / George L. Porter.

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The tragedy of the nation / George L. Porter.

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Typescript of a speech delivered, ca. 1895, in Bridgeport, Conn., concerning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Porter was present at the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth and later served as attending physician to the other conspirators during their trials. The speech gives an eyewitness account of Booth's death and the disposition of his body as well as an account of the other conspirators.

24 leaves ; 33 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Porter, George Loring, 1838-1919.

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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