First News of Lincoln's Assasination- Alton, IL

Original edition of the "Alton Telegraph," dated April 15th, 1865, announcing the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln. 24 x 18 inches, 4pp. Condition as shown.

Alton, Illinois is situated alongside the Mississippi River and was the site of the last Lincoln-Douglass debate. While original newspaper editions announcing the assasination of Lincoln are always desirable, western examples are considered particularly scarce.

[Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Union, Confederate, Presidents, Presidential, Abe Lincoln, Paper Ephemera]