Police Blotter Listing the Assassination of President Lincoln; Scope and content: President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through its most terrible crisis. At the end of the war, he appealed to people's nobler instincts, speaking words of reconciliation and healing. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater. This police blotter captures the reaction of the officer on duty the night of the assassination. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department was one of several civil and military police groups involved in the investigation. Gener
Police Blotter Listing the Assassination of President Lincoln; Scope and content: President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through its most terrible crisis. At the end of the war, he appealed to people's nobler instincts, speaking words of reconciliation and healing. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater. This police blotter captures the reaction of the officer on duty the night of the assassination. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department was one of several civil and military police groups involved in the investigation. General notes: Exhibit History: American Originals, December 1995 - December 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. Washington: Behind the Monuments, May 1990 - May 1991, National Archives Circular Gallery, Washington, DC, Exhibit No.
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