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Lincoln’s Last Days

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Just days before Lincoln’s death he uttered the words, “With malice toward none…” but those words didn’t move John Wilkes Booth. Discover the last days of the Lincoln Presidency.

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The Day He Dies, Lincoln Writes a Pass to Richmond for Wife of the Doctor Who Would Attend His Death-Bed

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Unused Ticket for Ford’s Theatre April 14, 1865 – The Night Lincoln Was Assassinated There

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Abraham Lincoln’s Final Hours, Death, and Autopsy Report Documented by Dr. Robert Stone

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c. April 15, 1865
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