Mary Henry Diary Entries, April 1865, Death of President Lincoln
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintEntry from the diary of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, recording her experiences when she heard that President Abraham Lincoln had been shot and then died. She also recorded the reminiscences of Lincoln's deathbed scene as recounted to her by the family's minister, Rev. R. R. Gurley, who had been at Lincoln's bedside. She expresses her concerns over the fate of the nation without Lincoln's guidance.
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