Identifier: assassinationofaprelinc (find matches)
Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Death notices Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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Progenitor of The Post Tells of Lincolns Assassination. Edward Fitzhughs lost papersturned up yesterday and werebrought to The Post Building. And that was fitting and proper,for Edward Fitzhughs lost paperswere none other than copies of theMorning Chronicle of 1865. And theMorning Chronicle was none otherthan the Civil War progenitor ofThe Washington Post. Edward Fitzhugh has been a col-lector of things since he was 12years old. He began with stamps.Now hes going in for old news-papers. But as long as hes been inthe collecting business, hes neverbeen able to accept losses. He takesthem hard. But to lose the Morning Chroni-cle went particularly hard with Ed-ward Fitzhugh, who is an engineerat the Wheatley School. For theChronicle he lost recorded the sur-render of Gen. Lee, which was avery sad event to Fitzhugh (thoughthe Chronicle said there was greatjoy throughout the Capital;, forLee was his great uncle. That was the Chronicle of April10, 1865. The issue of April 15 re-corded anothe

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