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- Description:
- Front page of the Saturday, April 15, 1865 evening edition of the Detroit Tribune mounted to a linen backing. The page is dominated by the news of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, the latter of which it initially falsely reports as succeeding. The paper also includes a message from Detroit mayor Kirkland C. Barker, who requested that businesses be closed, all bells in the city be tolled for the hour between noon and one o'clock, and that the citizens gather for a meeting at City Hall at three o'clock.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Inner page of an April 1865 edition of the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune mounted to a linen backing. The page includes stories on a discovery of oil in Wayne County; the theft of a set of dentures; a minor accident at an oil well on Romulus; a new venue for the Detroit Base Ball Club in a skating park; a jail break; church happenings (especially upcoming Easter services); advertisements for patent medicine, cotton, hair dye, and insurance; passenger steamer updates; and classified ads.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
