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Book/Printed Material Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet : the most intensely interesting trial on record : containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission : correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial

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Title

  • Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet : the most intensely interesting trial on record : containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission : correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial

Names

  • Herold, David E., 1842-1865
  • United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865)
  • Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Barclay & Co., c1864 [i.e. 1865]

Headings

  • -  Herold, David E.,--1844-1865--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Trials (Murder)--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Trials (Assassination)--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Trials (Conspiracy)--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Washington, D.C., 1865
  • -  Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Assassination

Notes

  • -  Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission at Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recat. to AACR2: vj14 08-11-98.

Medium

  • 21-102 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, plans, ports. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF223.H4 H47 1865
  • KF223.H4 H47 1865 Copy 4 Issue with illustrations of the courtroom on p. [87], the execution of conspirators on p. [96], and the Arsenal Building, Washington, opposite p. 100.
  • E457.5 .H66 Copy 1 With: The Terrible tragedy at Washington. Philadelphia : Barclay & Co., [1865]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12002579

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Herold, David E, United States Army. Military Commission, and Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet: the most intensely interesting trial on record: containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission: correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial. [Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., i.e. 1865, 1865] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/12002579/.

APA citation style:

Herold, D. E., United States Army. Military Commission & Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. (1865) Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet: the most intensely interesting trial on record: containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission: correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial. [Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., i.e. 1865] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12002579/.

MLA citation style:

Herold, David E, United States Army. Military Commission, and Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet: the most intensely interesting trial on record: containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission: correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial. [Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., i.e. 1865, 1865] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12002579/>.