This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Two hundred years later, Lincoln is ...

The handwritten notification of President Abraham Lincoln's death is being offered for sale by a Philadelphia documents dealer. Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, says the telegram was ...

“Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven.” Ten words that changed the course of history. It was written on a telegram on April 15, 1865 — the morning after Lincoln was shot by John ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 15, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being ...