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Testimony in Lincoln assassination trial exposes Davis Breckinridge remarks
The transcript details testimony from Lewis Bates and J C Courtney in Charlotte North Carolina about Jefferson Davis and John C Breckinridge during April 1866. Bates describes the dispatch read to a crowd and Daviss remark that if the act were done it would be well done. Breckinridge allegedly expressed regret, with Davis replying that if the job were done to Andrew Johnson and Secretary Stanton it would be complete. The court record includes references to telegrams, the Southern Express Company, and telegraph dispatch routes from Greensboro to Charlotte.
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Jeff. Davis
Lincoln
Lewis ¥. Bates
Holt Q
Charlotte
N.C
Avril
Southern Express Company
North Carolina
Davis
N. C
United Bs
John CG. Breckinridge
Gaeagranora
Ron
Seward
Joan C. Brecempinas
Jefferson Davis
John
Breckin- Fidge
John C. Breckinridge
John ©. Breckinridge
South
Ann D
Massachusetts
J. C. Courtney
Southern “Xpress” Company
Telegraph
Bates
Stata
Mitotis
Greensboro
Sapridge
Mir
Bates House