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District of Columbia. Metropolitan Police. (1861 - )
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Police Blotter Listing the Assassination of President Lincoln
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  • Scope and content: President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through its most terrible crisis. At the end of the war, he appealed to people's nobler instincts, speaking words of reconciliation and healing. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater. This police blotter captures the reaction of the officer on duty the night of the assassination. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department was one of several civil and military police groups involved in the investigation.
  • General notes: Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1995 - December 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 624.0030. "Washington: Behind the Monuments," May 1990 - May 1991, National Archives Circular Gallery, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 566.xxxx.
Date 14 April 1865
date QS:P571,+1865-04-14T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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  • Record group: Record Group 351: Records of the Government of the District of Columbia, 1791 - 1978 (National Archives Identifier: 659)
  • Series: Blotters, 9/1862 - 5/31/1933 (National Archives Identifier: 301677)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-351-PI186E126-VOL5(4141865)
NAIL Control Number: NWDT1-351-PI186E126-VOL5(4141865)
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President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater. This police blotter captures the reaction of the officer on duty the night of the assassination. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department was one of several civil and military police groups involved in the investigation. (English)

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publisher: Digital Public Library of America
retrieved: 21 July 2023

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