Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Descriptive Summary
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,
Date: April 17th, 1865
Collection number: MS-M045
Extent:
0.3 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
The Nation Mourns! Broadside. MS-M045. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Source and date unknown.
Processing Information
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.
Related Material
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/).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Illinois--Elgin.
Genres and Forms of Material
Broadsides--Illinois--Elgin--19th century.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Online Archive of California.
Gazette Print (Elgin, Ill.), printer.
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