Lincoln conspirators collection, 1865-1997.

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Lincoln conspirators collection, 1865-1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56575618

The bulk of the collection is from 1865 and consists of photographs, newspapers, artifacts, and letters related to the Lincoln conspirators and their trial before a military commission. Included are photographs of the conspirators and the generals who either served as trial judges or guarded the conspirators during the trial. The newspapers range from April to July 1865 and cover topics from Lincoln's assassination to the execution of the conspirators. Artifacts include a swatch of fabric from the dress of actress Laura Keene, who cradled Lincoln's head in her lap after he was shot. The collection also includes letters from the generals regarding their parts in the trial and execution. Other items of note include the "wanted" poster for Booth, Herold, and Surratt; "mug shots" of the conspirators taken by Alexander Gardner; the execution order of the conspirators; and a series of five photographs of the execution taken by Alexander Gardner.

1 manuscript document case, 1 photograph document case, 1 document case of col. transparencies, 2 glass lantern slides, 9 newspapers, 9 pamphlets, 18 books, 3 artifacts, 1 poster.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7755096

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Atzerodt, George A., 1835-1865

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Spangler, Edward W. (Edward Webster), 1846-1907

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Herold, David E., 1844-1865

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...

Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883

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Physician who lived with his wife and children on a farm near Bryantown, Maryland at the time of President Lincoln's assassination and treated John Wilkes Booth after the murder. He was convicted of conspiring with the killers because he had set Booth's broken leg during the assassin's flight. While on Tortugas Island he worked as the prison doctor during the yellow fever epidemic. President Andrew Johnson pardoned him in 1869, and in 1979 a presidential proclamation cleared his name. He was ele...

Weinberg, Daniel R.

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The Civil War ended on 9 April 1865 with the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, Virginia. Five days later Abraham Lincoln went to the theater to watch the play "Our American Cousin." While Lincoln was at the theater, John Wilkes Booth crept into the president's box and shot him in the back of the head. At the same time, in the home of Secretary of State William H. Seward, another man pushed his way into the house and tried to stab the secretary to death. ...

O'Laughlin, Michael, -1867

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Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865

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Alleged conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln. From the description of Papers of Mary E. Surratt, 1865-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064695 ...

Arnold, Samuel, 1834-1906

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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

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Alexander Gardner was born in Paisley, Scotland, on 17 October 1821. In May of 1851 Gardner visited the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, where he saw the photographs of Mathew Brady. Upon his return to Scotland, Gardner began to experiment with photography and devoted his time to learning about this new art. In the spring of 1856 Gardner and his family immigrated to the United States and Gardner initiated contact with Mathew Brady. Brady hired Gardner and in February 1858, Gardner was put ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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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...

Surratt, John H. (John Harrison), 1844-1916

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Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865

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