Philadelphia to New Jersey
New-York Daily Tribune
April 25, 1865
Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress
PHILADELPHIA, April 24. – The body of President Lincoln remained in state till one o’clock this morning, when the entrances were closed, all the throng having had an opportunity of viewing the remains. Dr. Brown, the embalmer, removed the dust that had settled on the face and preparations were made for the departure of the body. At 3 o’clock the body was placed in the hearse and the line of march taken for Trenton Railroad depot.
The escort consisted of the 187th Pennsylvania Infantry, the city troops a guard of honor, and a detachment of soldiers to guard the body, Perseverance Hose Company and the Republican Invincibles. The train started for New-York at 4 o’clock a.m.
LEAVING PHILADELPHIA.
The funeral party started from the Continental Hotel at 2 o’clock this morning, and halted before the State House until the coffin was conveyed to the hearse.
The transparency, which adorned the front of the building, namely, the portrait of the late President, with a dark border representing a coffin, afforded a relief to the surrounding gloom of the morning, the words “Rest in peace” still blazing from the gas jets.
The Invincibles, a city organization, with torches, composed a part of the procession, and the City Guard acted as the escort. A band of music played dirges on the march.
The procession reached Kensington Station at 4 o’clock. Thousands of men, women and children were still in the streets, and not a few half-dressed residents in that neighborhood, who apparently had just hurried form their beds, ran forward to join the already large crowd in waiting at the depot.
