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Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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PRESIDENT LINCOLNS FUNERAL—KEMOVAL OF THE BODY FROM THE CITY HALL TO THE FUNERAL CAR, NEW YORK, April 25, 18C5. •;:THE PRESIDENTS FUNEBAIi INNEW YORK. \- All the beautiful diiy on Tuesday, when thejdearly beloved Trosident was borne through tlio.great city, it wua iinpotisiblo not to fuel that,however inipa^dionod and tender allthe prtiturvmight be, no oration could be so eloquent as theupcctftclo of the vast population, huslied andibureheuded, under the bright spring eky, gazingnpoi) his coffin. It was one of the most iinpos-:^ig uud touching pageants ever seen. Fromwindows and house-tops and balconies, from,^rees and posts and door-steps, tho multitude looked silently on, themselves a striking part of• tlia scene they admired. The broad street wasclear, and on both the walks tho crowd was;.;olid. The piessure at times was frightful, butthe throng was mainly good-humored; and.-Wliou the fuuerul car ajiproached tho reverent;«iJeuce was profoundly impressive. Nothingt«rns heard

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