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Lincoln Assassination Letter

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Lincoln Assassination Letter
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Lincoln assassination letter, dated 30 January 1901, from A.C. Richards, Metropolitan Police Superintendent involved in tracking down conspirators, to Louis Weichmann, chief prosecution witness at the conspirators' trial. Richards corresponded with Weichmann in preparation for Weichmann's book on the assassination. He declines to join Weichmann in an official request to the War Department to find out where John Wilkes Booth was buried. 7.75'' x 9.75'' single page letter, written front and verso, is in very good condition.