Guide to The Nation Mourns! Broadside MS.M.045
Processed by Karen Rosen.
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Title: The nation mourns! : Solemn funeral ceremonies in honor of our beloved President
will be held in Elgin, Wednesday, April 19, at 12 o'clock M. ... / by order of J.S. Wilcox,
A.B. Fish, Jas. Knott, Committee of arran[gements], Elgin,
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.045
Physical Description:
0.3 Linear Feet
(1 oversize folder)
Date: 1865 April 17
Abstract: This broadside, measuring 63.5 x 46.5
cm., advertises a funeral ceremony in honor of assassinated president Abraham Lincoln, to be
held in Elgin, Illinois, on April 19, 1865. It details the route of the procession, the
order of local official participants in the procession, and the order of service for the
ceremony to be held in the Academy Hall.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. This item is in the public
domain. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special
Collections and University Archives.
The Nation Mourns! Broadside. MS-S20. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
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Processed by Karen Rosen, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
This broadside, measuring 63.5 x 46.5 cm., advertises a funeral ceremony in honor of
assassinated president Abraham Lincoln, to be held in Elgin, Illinois, on April 19, 1865. It
details the route of the procession, the order of local official participants in the
procession, and the order of service for the ceremony to be held in the Academy Hall.
The broadside was printed in Elgin by Gazette Print on April 17, 1865. The text of the
broadside is enclosed in a black border. On the UCI Special Collections copy of this
broadside the word "ceremony" is misspelled "ceremonifs" and the word "arrangements" is
spelled out.
Another copy of this broadside with a variant printing of the title is in the collection of
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois
(http://www.alincoln-library.com/).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Broadsides -- Illinois -- Elgin -- 19th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Illinois -- Elgin.
Online Archive of California
Gazette Print (Elgin, Ill.)
Lincoln, Abraham -- Death and burial
folder XOS 1
Broadside 1865 April 17