The bodies of the executed conspirators being taken down, Old Penitentiary, Washington D.C., July 7, 1865, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 11, 2015.

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentFour condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are executed in Washington, D.C.

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engraving

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Scenes in and around the Old Penitentiary, Washing, D.C. on the day of the Execution of the Conspirators - From sketches by Our Special Artists. Taking the bodies down from the scaffold..

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 22, 1865, 284.