CONTENTS.

Introduction,....

Friday, April 14th, the day of the assassination,.........

Saturday, April 15th,........

Assassination of President Lincoln, by George Evans,....

Proceedings in the Rensselaer County Court,.....

Proceedings in the Police Court,.......

Orders of the National Guard, ....

Scenes in the City,.......

Service at St. John's Church,..

Address, by Martin I. Townsend

Other Services, ......

The Assassination of the President, by John M. Francis,

Our Duty on this day, by B. H. Hall,...

The National Calamity and Humiliation, by F.B. Hubbell,

Abraham Lincoln, by James S. Thorn,.....

Proclamation by the Governor,...

Recommendation of Bishop Potter.....

Citizens' Meeting, ........

Sunday, April 16th,

“Hung be the Heavens with black,” by C. L. MacArthur,

Extract from a Sermon, by Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D.,

Sketch of a Sermon, by Rev. S. D. Brown,....

Sermon, by Rev. Jacob Thomas,..

Sermon, by Rev. D. S. Gregory,...

Sermon, by Rev. Edgar Buckingham,...

Other Services,......

Monday, April 17th,........

Announcement by the President.......

The Assassination of President Lincoln, by A. G. John-

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The National Bereavement, by W. E. Kisselburgh,....... 90

The Death of President Lincoln, by Mrs. E. Van Sant-

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Common Council Proceedings,....

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Address, by Maj. Gen. John E. Wool,.....

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Request of the Committe of the Common Council,... 97

Resolutions of respect, by Jewish Citizens,.....

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Tuesday, April 18th,........

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Announcement by the Mayor .......

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Orders to the Tenth Brigade and the Twenty-fourth

Regiment....

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Proceedings at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...... 101

Wednesday, April 19th,....

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Discourse, by Rev. C. P. Sheldon, D.D.,.

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Sermon, by Rev. J. Wesley Carhart, D.D.,..

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Address, by Rev. D. S. Gregory,............

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Address, by Rev. Duncan Kennedy, D.D.,..

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Sermon, by Rev. Joseph A. Prime,

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Service at the Jewish Synagogue,

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Other Services,..

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Thursday, April 20th,

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Friday, April 21st,........

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Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Rensselaer

County,.........

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Saturday, April 22d,........

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“ Sic Semper Tyrannis,” by E. H. G. Clark,........ 168

Abraham Lincoln, by Julia A. Burdick,..

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A Dirge, by A. S. Pease.....

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Invitation from the Common Council of Albany,.... 177

Order of the National Guard,........

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Sunday, April 23d...........

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In Memoriam A. L., by B. H. Hall,...

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Sermon, by Rev. Marvin R. Vincent,..

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Substance of a sermon, by Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D.D., 223

Substance of a sermon, by Rev. Edgar Buckingham,...... 229

Meeting of the Concordia Society,........

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Monday, April 24th,......

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