Incredible broadside announcing the assassination of our 16th president. Printed by Saint Paul Press and dated Monday, April 17, 1865. A fabulous account and wild description of the events proceeding and following the assassination entitled, “Particulars of the Assassination”: “…During the third act and while there was a temporary pause for one of the actors to enter, a sharp report of a pistol was heard which attracted attention but suggested nothing serious until a man rushed to the front of the President’s box waving a long dagger and exclaiming, ‘Sic semper tyrannis’… The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the audience that the President had been shot; when all present rose to their feet and rushed toward the stage immediately, exclaiming ‘hang him!’” You just can’t find this sort of account in any textbook. Simply amazing testimony of one of the most politically important events in the history of our nation! Creases and some staining to paper. All print is clearly legible. VG.