The telegram that notified the public that President Abraham Lincoln was dead is going up for auction.

????Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.

In April 1865.

????The telegram that was sent out the morning after his death reads, "Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven."????Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection says, "This document was the official word to the nation that the President had died."????The historical documents dealer said that the telegram was thought to be lost until it was discovered in a Civil War general’s estate.

????The piece of paper is apparently valued at $500,000.

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