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The assassination of Mr Lincoln
Our coverage of the death of the American president
Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre in Washington on the evening of April 14th, 1865, and he died the next day. Our coverage of the assassination appeared in the issue of April 29th, 1865.
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