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Distances and time by railroad from New York [ii]

Population of the United States for 1860 [iv]

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Title: Page [101]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650415
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Transcription: Our [worst fears] are realized. Our great and good President died this morning, his death the blow of a cowardly assassin. The Country will long mourn his loss. many citizens known to sympathizers are being arrested. [The] men shot not [illegible] prevailing. Gen. Grant is safe thank God. Andrew Johnson inaugerated President; [Secretary] Seward lying very low. also his Sons. the Murderer still at large. a terrible time in this for our President's [illegible] the whole [illegible] soil shall be deluged. death; death to every traitor; let the black fly be [illegible]. No letters recevied or written today.
Parent Item: Henry O. Nightingale diary, 1865
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Henry O. Nightingale diaries

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