Author: David Miller DeWitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Its Expiation
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
Author: William Hanchett
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252013614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252013614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.
The South Atlantic Quarterly
Author: John Spencer Bassett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Trial
Author: Edward SteersJr.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813127246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in what he envisioned part of a scheme to plunge the federal government into chaos and gain a reprieve for the struggling Confederacy. The plan failed. By April 26, Booth was killed resisting capture and eight of the nine conspirators eventually charged in Lincoln's murder were in custody. Their trial would become one of the most famous and most controversial in U.S. history. New president Andrew Johnson's executive order on May 1 directed that persons charged with Lincoln's murder stand trial before a military tribunal. The trial lasted more than fifty days, and 366 witnesses gave testimony. Benn Pitman, a recognized expert in phonography, an early form of shorthand, was awarded the government contract to produce a transcription of each day's testimony. Pitman made these transcripts available to the prosecution and the defense, as well as to select members of the press. Although three versions of the trial testimony were published, Pitman's edited collection was the most accessible. He skillfully winnowed the 4,300 pages of transcription into one volume, collated the testimony by defendant, indexed the testimony by name and date, and added summaries of the testimony. In The Trial, assassination scholars guide readers through all 421 pages of testimony, illuminating Pitman's record. By drawing together the evidence that resulted in the conspirators' convictions, The Trial leaves no doubt as to the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, making this book a fascinating account of the trial as well as an essential resource.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813127246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in what he envisioned part of a scheme to plunge the federal government into chaos and gain a reprieve for the struggling Confederacy. The plan failed. By April 26, Booth was killed resisting capture and eight of the nine conspirators eventually charged in Lincoln's murder were in custody. Their trial would become one of the most famous and most controversial in U.S. history. New president Andrew Johnson's executive order on May 1 directed that persons charged with Lincoln's murder stand trial before a military tribunal. The trial lasted more than fifty days, and 366 witnesses gave testimony. Benn Pitman, a recognized expert in phonography, an early form of shorthand, was awarded the government contract to produce a transcription of each day's testimony. Pitman made these transcripts available to the prosecution and the defense, as well as to select members of the press. Although three versions of the trial testimony were published, Pitman's edited collection was the most accessible. He skillfully winnowed the 4,300 pages of transcription into one volume, collated the testimony by defendant, indexed the testimony by name and date, and added summaries of the testimony. In The Trial, assassination scholars guide readers through all 421 pages of testimony, illuminating Pitman's record. By drawing together the evidence that resulted in the conspirators' convictions, The Trial leaves no doubt as to the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, making this book a fascinating account of the trial as well as an essential resource.
Report
Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1606
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1606
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Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description