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Excerpt from The Fall of Abraham Lincoln; Slavery Vanquished in Arms, Resorts to the Pistol and the Dagger, Thus the South Is Avenged: A Lecture Delivered in the Corn Exchange Hall Dundee, May 7, 1865
We are this evening to consider some of the greatest subjects that can occupy the serious thoughts of men. The assassination of President Lincoln by J. Wilkes Booth, on April 14th, in Ford's Theatre, Washington, by a pistol shot which took such effect that while it occurred at ten o'clock, the victim unconscious from the mo ment, breathed his last at half-past seven. The following morning. At the same time was at tacked Secretary Seward, by another assassin; also his son, Frederick. I was afraid at first that it had been at Richmond. The boldness of going thither was great; yet safe at Richmond, Lincoln expires at Washington. I shall state some circumstances worthy of note in the President's life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.