Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Nov. 4, 1862)

Vol. 2, no. 44 header date and running date differ; correct date is December 23, 1863

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Lincoln collection has 52 no.: Vol. 1, no. 309 (Nov. 2, 1863), Vol. 2, no. 2-44, 47-50 (Nov. 4-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28, 30-Dec. 5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-22, 24 [i.e., 23], 28-31), Vol. 3, no. 144, 165, 174, 180 (Apr. 20, May 15, 25, June 1, 1865): Folders ; Text in eight columns

Vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 4, 1863): Includes review of John Wilkes Booth as Richard III

Vol. 2, no. 3 (Nov. 5, 1863): Covers speeches by Henry Ward Beecher and Jefferson Davis

Vol. 2, no. 4 (Nov. 6, 1863): Includes articles about Henry Ward Beecher and Secretary of State Seward

Vol. 2, no. 5 (Nov. 7, 1863): Includes list of Union officers held prisoner in Richmond

Vol. 2, no. 6 (Nov. 9, 1863): Includes account of Battle of Rappahannock Station with casualty lists

Vol. 2, no. 8 (Nov. 11, 1863): Includes lists of casualties from battles at Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford

Vol. 2, no. 10 (Nov. 13, 1863): Contains information about the preparations for the consecration of the national cemetery at Gettysburg

Vol. 2, no. 14 (Nov. 18, 1863): Contains information about the consecration of the national cemetery at Gettysburg

Vol. 2, no. 15 (Nov. 19, 1863): Contains information anticipating that day's consecration of the national cemetery at Gettysburg; speech by Henry Ward Beecher

Vol. 2, no. 16 (Nov. 20, 1863): Covers the consecration of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, includes text of Gettysburg Address

Vol. 2, no. 17 (Nov. 21, 1863): More information on the Gettysburg dedication ; military reports from Charleston, Knoxville and Pine Bluff

Vol. 2, no. 21 (Nov. 26, 1863): Thanksgiving, includes text of Oct. 3, 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln

Vol. 2, no. 22 (Nov. 27, 1863): Includes texts of Thanksgiving sermons, report of return of captured Union surgeons and conditions in Richmond

Vol. 2, no. 24 (Nov. 30, 1863): Includes report to president by released Union surgeons concerning conditions in Confederate prisons; various orders from War Department

Vol. 2, no. 25 (Dec. 1, 1863): Contains list of senators and representatives in the 38th Congress of the United States

Vol. 2, no. 30 (Dec. 7, 1863): Includes information on ground breaking for Union Pacific Railway, including communication from President Lincoln

Vol. 2, no. 33 (Dec. 10, 1863): Contains Lincoln's proclamation to the 38th Congress offering pardon to the rebels

Vol. 2, no. 34 (Dec. 11, 1863): Includes Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Report of the Secretary of War, congressional and war news

Vol. 2, no. 35 (Dec. 12, 1863): Contains report of annual message of Jefferson Davis. [Lincoln Collection copy has pages 1 & 2 only]

Vol. 2, no. 31 (Dec. 8, 1863): Covers opening of 38th Congress of the United States and the election of Schuyler Colfax as Speaker of the House

Vol. 2, no. 41-44 (Dec. 19-23, 1863): Includes lists of committees for Senate and House of Representatives

Vol. 2, no. 50 (Dec. 31, 1863): Includes 1863 summary. [Lincoln Collection copy has pages 1 & 2 only]

Vol. 3, no. 144 (Apr. 20, 1865): Covers Abraham Lincoln's funeral in Washington, D.C., and the final events of the American Civil War ; Engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln on p. [1], column [1] ; Each page with mourning border ; Advertisements on p. [3]-[4]

Vol. 3, no. 165 (May 15, 1865): Covers trial of the Lincoln conspirators and the capture of Jefferson Davis ; Printing errors on bottom right corner of p. [1] and bottom left corner of p. [2] ; Advertisements on p. [2]-[4]

Vol. 3, no. 174 (May 25, 1865): Includes articles on certain Civil War armies and officers, the capture of Jefferson Davis, and Andrew Johnson when he was Governor of Tennessee ; Advertisements throughout

Vol. 3, no. 180 (June 1, 1865): Includes articles covering the trial of the Lincoln conspirators ; Engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln on p. [1], column [3] ; Each page with mourning border ; P. [2]-[4] with portions of text missing ; Advertisements throughout

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Subjects: Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865; Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Seward, W. H. (William Henry), 1801-1872; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875; United States. Congress 1863-1864); Rappahannock Station, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1863; Consecration of cemeteries; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Trials (Assassination); Trials (Conspiracy)