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Broadside, May 2, 1865

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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION] Johnson, Andrew. Small Broadside, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1865. 1 p. 5 x 7¾”.

Inventory #11292 $2,000

This handbill implicates the Confederate leadership in the Lincoln assassination plot. The idea that the Confederate government was involved in the assassination was soon abandoned.

Partial Transcript:
“Whereas, It appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, that the atrocious murder of the late President… [was] incited... by and between Jeff. Davis… Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker, Geo. N. Sanders, W. C. Cleary and other rebels and traitors...”