The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea Bunce & Huntington, 1865 - 288 pages |
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... Hall of the Assembly , at the State Capitol , by Lieutenant - Governor Kirk , on behalf of the Legislature . At this imposing reception he justified the silence which he had observed as to his policy , and again expressed his sense of ...
... Hall of the Assembly , at the State Capitol , by Lieutenant - Governor Kirk , on behalf of the Legislature . At this imposing reception he justified the silence which he had observed as to his policy , and again expressed his sense of ...
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... Hall , and in those walls , still echoing with the voices of the great patriot founders of the Republic , he was escorted to a platform prepared for the purpose , and after a few words of patriotic devotion to the flag , affirming that ...
... Hall , and in those walls , still echoing with the voices of the great patriot founders of the Republic , he was escorted to a platform prepared for the purpose , and after a few words of patriotic devotion to the flag , affirming that ...
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... hall , and soon after fainted away and was laid upon the floor . Upon the return of consciousness de- ponent was taken in a carriage to his residence . " In the review of the transaction , it is the confident belief of the deponent that ...
... hall , and soon after fainted away and was laid upon the floor . Upon the return of consciousness de- ponent was taken in a carriage to his residence . " In the review of the transaction , it is the confident belief of the deponent that ...
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... hall . The prayer was continually interrupted by Mrs. Lincoln's sobs . Soon after its conclusion , I went into the parlor , and found her in a chair , sup- ported by her son Robert . Presently her carriage came up , and she was removed ...
... hall . The prayer was continually interrupted by Mrs. Lincoln's sobs . Soon after its conclusion , I went into the parlor , and found her in a chair , sup- ported by her son Robert . Presently her carriage came up , and she was removed ...
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... hall . The floor of the catafalque was about four feet in height , and approached by one step on all sides , making easy to view the face of the honored dead . Above this was a canopy , in an arched form , lined on the under side with ...
... hall . The floor of the catafalque was about four feet in height , and approached by one step on all sides , making easy to view the face of the honored dead . Above this was a canopy , in an arched form , lined on the under side with ...
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