Sermon occasioned by the assassination of President Lincoln, April 16, 1865
Sermon occasioned by the assassination of President Lincoln: delivered April 16, 1865 in First Presbyterian Church of Paterson, N.J.
Paterson, N.J.: Chiswell & Wurts, 1865
Case E457.8 .D22 1865
Gift of the McCormick Theological Seminary. Catalogued and Conserved by a grant from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
An example of Lane Theological Seminary’s rich Americana, this rare sermon is a significant addition to the Newberry’s holdings on Lincoln. It is one of nine post-assassination sermons contemporaneously bound together; separately published in the East and Midwest. The Newberry had held only four of the nine items contained in this volume before the McCormick Theological Seminary donation.
Acquisition Date:
2008