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Reward poster for the murderer of Abraham Lincoln, 1865.
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Title
Reward
poster
for the
murderer
of
Abraham
Lincoln
,
1865
.
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works.
Time Period
1860s
Description
Poster
offering
various
rewards
for the
murderer
, and his
accomplices
, of
President
Abraham
Lincoln
dated
April
20
,
1865
.
Poster
states
:
War
Department
Washington
,
April
20
,
1865
,
$100,000
REWARD
THE
MURDERER
Of
our
late
beloved
President
,
Abraham
Lincoln
,
IS
STILL
AT
LARGE
.
$50,000
REWARD
Will be
paid
by the
Department
for his
apprehension
, in
addition
to any
reward
offered
by
Municipal
Authorities
or
State
Executives
.
$25,000
REWARD
Will be
paid
for the
apprehension
of
G
. A.
Atzerot
,
sometimes
called
"
Port
Tobacco
"
one
of
Booth's
Accomplices
.
$25,000
REWARD
Will be
paid
for the
apprehension
of
David
C
.
Harold
,
another
of
Booth's
Accomplices
.
LIBERAL
REWARDS
will be
paid
for any
information
that
shall
conduce
to the
arrest
of
either
of the
above-named
criminals
, or their
accomplices
.
All
persons
harboring
or
secreting
the
said
persons
, of
either
of them, or
aiding
or
assisting
their
concealment
or
escape
, will be
treated
a
accomplices
in the
murder
of the
President
and the
attempted
assassination
of the
Secretary
of
State
, and
shall
be
subject
of
trial
before
a
Military
Commission
and the
punishment
of
DEATH
.
Let
the
stain
of
innocent
blood
be
removed
from the
land
be the
arrest
and
punishment
of the
murderers
.
All
good
citizens
are
exhorted
to
aid
public
justice
on this
occasion
.
Every
man
should
consider
his
own
conscience
charged
with this
solemn
duty
, and
rest
neither
night
nor
day
until
it
be
accomplished
.
EDWIN
M
.
STANTON
,
Secretary
of
War
.
DESCRIPTIONS.--
BOOTH
is
Five
Feet
7
or
8
inches
high
,
slender
build
,
high
forehead
,
black
hair
,
black
eyes
, and
wears
a
heavy
black
moustache
.
ATZERODT
is
Five
Feet
6
or
7
inches
high
, has
short
curly
hair
, and a
short
thick
black
moustache
. He had a
light
goatee
, and his
whiskers
war
much
thinner
on the
side
of his
face
. He has a
dark
shin
, and
very
dark
eyes
. He was
dressed
in a
suit
of
greyish
dark
color
, and
wore
a
gray
sack
coat
and a
black
kossuth
hat
. He had
common
coarse
boots
, with
pants
outside
of them, and
wore
spurs
.
HAROLD
is
a
little
chunky
man
,
quite
a
youth
, and
wears
a
very
thin
moustache
.
Reverse
side
bears
a
handwritten
note
: "To
my
Comrade
Robert
H
Kellogg
Oct
.
10
1898
James
W
.
Eldridge
127
N
.
Y
.
S
.
V
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23
U
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S
.
C
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Collection
AV83
Abraham
Lincoln
Presidental
Collection
Source
AV
83
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
StillImage
File Name
AV83_B01F01_001_001.tif
Image Height
3892
Image Width
2508
File Size
29284288 Bytes
Date created
2011-02-17
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