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Title: Elevator - April 21, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer describes the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln through the streets of San Francisco.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Catafalque; Chinese; funeral; Irish; Masons; Odd Fellows; procession; San Francisco; soldiers

People: Lincoln, Abraham

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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