Wednesday, April 19, 1865
to day is a general holiday the churches are open and the day has the apperanece of Sunday the Preisedent is concidered buried today i was out in the afternoon we Did not have church mr gibbs being away Vincent was up a little while
Thursday, April 20, 1865
everything assumes a solem aspect the streets look mournful the people more so i went to mr livelys in the afternoon i did not get far from it rained all the afternoon and evening i spent the evening with Nellie
Friday, April 21, 1865
cloudy and very dark the funeral Prossion Pass through tomorrow i have not bin out to day i am tired of the st Vincent was up this evening he is so full of business
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The papers followed Lincoln’s funeral train as it traveled from Washington to Baltimore, then to Harrisburg, before arriving in Philadelphia. “From Washington,” The Daily Age, April 19, 1865.