"$100,000 Reward! The Murderer of Our Late Beloved President is Still at Large."

"$100,000 Reward! The Murderer of Our Late Beloved President is Still at Large."

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued reward posters to aid in the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. At the bottom of this broadside are descriptions of Booth, John H. Surratt and David E. Herold (listed as Daniel C. Harrold). Stanton warns anyone who would assist the assassins that they "shall be subject to trial before a Military Commission and the punishment of DEATH." The broadside was printed in New York.

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

United States War Department

Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers (New York, N.Y.)

Chicago Public Library Digital Collections

April 20, 1865

Ina Cox

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Broadside

Wanted Poster

Eng

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Wanted Poster