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(AMERICA). The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln…Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy Inspired by these Events. Frontispiece portrait of the President. pp. xxx, 930. Original half-roan, gilt, rubbed. Thick sm. folio. Singerman 2047 (mispaginated). Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1867. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on the evening of April 14th (Good Friday) and died on the morning of April 15th, 1865. This corresponded to Shabbat, the 20th Nissan, the 5th day of Passover, leading many Rabbis to extend immediate, spontaneous eulogies during the course of synagogue services. In this mammoth volume, among numerous communications sent from across the globe pp. 846-7 reproduces a letter from Boston’s Congregation Ohabei Shalom. Additionally, are letters of condolence from the Committee of Deputies of British Jews (p. 354) and the Israelite Citizens of Langnau, Switzerland (pp. 758-9).