...was made. President Andrew Johnson, at the urging of Stanton, issued a national proclamation: Whereas it appears, from evidence in the bureau of military...Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of the Honorable William H. Seward, Secretary of State, were incited, concerted, and procured by and between...

...Acting Secretary of State. Bv THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military...President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination cf the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, were incited, concerted, and procured by and between...

...the second of May, President Johnson issued a proclamation to the effect that " Whereas, It appears in the Bureau of Military Justice, that the atrocious...Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Hon. WH Seward, Secretary of State, were incited; concerted and procured by and between Jefferson Davis,...

...the world the following proclamation — viz : " By the President of the United States : " WHEREAS, it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military...Justice that the atrocious murder of the late President, and the attempted murder of the Hon. WH Seward, Secretary of State, was incited, concocted and procured...

...The Attorney-General of the United States hath given his opinion : That the persons implicated in the murder of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of the Honorable William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and in an alleged conspiracy to assassinate other...