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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Goodspeed, E.J. Funeral Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln.
"IT REMAINED FOR AN ACTOR TO REACH THE LOWEST HELL OF CRIME" (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Goodspeed, E.J. Funeral Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln. View of church on inside front wrapper. 8vo pamphlet, original plain wrappers, worn; scattered manuscript notes; early owner's signature on back cover. Chicago, 1865; printed by Church, Goodman & Donnelley
- Notes: Edgar Johnson Goodspeed was the pastor at Chicago''s Second Baptist Church. He was shocked to learn that Lincoln had even attended a play: "The nation is humiliated . . . by the murder of its President in a theatre by an actor! . . . Go not to any place where you would not wish to be found by death." He nonetheless praises the late president as a great man. No prior sale records found, and WorldCat lists only 6 copies. Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 941; Monaghan 525; Sabin 27932.
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