National Police Gazette, 1865
date: label: date made
content: 1865-04-22
name: label: referenced; depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: referenced; depicted
content: Booth, John Wilkes
label: referenced; depicted
content: Seward, William Henry
notes: label: Description
content: The National Police Gazette detailed the events of Lincoln’s assassination.
label: Description
content: John Wilkes Booth’s attack on Lincoln was part of a larger plot to assassinate national leaders and throw the North into turmoil. The conspirators also planned to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward. Besides Booth, eight individuals were charged. Because the plot was considered an act of war, a military commission tried the accused. The court sentenced four suspects to be hanged, and the others to prison.
label: Description
content: Gift of Ralph E. Becker, 1961
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: referenced
content: Assassination
label: related event
content: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Communications
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1865.A03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1865.A03
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: newspaper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white with black type (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 19 in; 66.04 cm x 48.26 cm