696061 The President is Dead, 15 April 1865 (litho) by American School, (19th century); 71x79 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: "A dramatic printed version of Stanton\'s announcement of Lincoln\'s death to General John A. Dix, U.S. Military Commander of the Department of the East, headquartered in New York. In full: ""The President is Dead! [rule] War Department, Washington, April 15, 1865. To Maj. Gen. Dix. Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven o\'clock. E.M. Stanton, Sec. of War."" Black bordered. Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869). Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865).); 穢 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; American, out of copyright.