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Archives exhibit at State House marks Lincoln assassination

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Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin announced today that material from the Massachusetts Archives relating to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln will be on display at the State House on Wednesday, April 15, the 150th anniversary of that event.

The public is invited to Doric Hall in the State House to sign a book of remembrance in honor of the 15th President of the United States and to view the archival material displayed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the portrait of President Lincoln.

Featured in the exhibit is a telegram sent from Washington on April 16, 1865 regarding the assassination, and an April 27 telegram to Gov. John A. Andrew from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton announcing the capture of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin. There is an April 17 telegram inviting Gov. Andrew to the funeral services in Washington, D.C.

The exhibit includes the letter Gov. Andrew sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and both a handwritten text and published version of the Governor’s April 17 message regarding the assassination. There is a Senate resolution ordering that arm bands be worn in memory of the assassinated President.

Also on display will be the 1860 Electoral College results for Massachusetts and an 1861 document signed by Lincoln.