New York Herald of April 15, 1865, carried a good account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and for this
reason it has been reprinted many times. There were five
original editions of the Herald for that date:

2:00 a. m. Regular edition. A small caption “The State Capital” appears in the fourth column.
3:00 a. m. Special edition. “The Latest News” in fourth column.
8:10 a. m. Mourning edition. “Death of the President” in fourth column under headline “Extra.”
10:00 a. m. Reward edition. “Postscript” in fifth column offers $10,000 reward for assassins.
2: 00 p. m. Inauguration edition. “Inauguration of Vice President Johnson” in fourth column.

Original copies are most easily distinguished by the number of
pages. They have eight numhered pages and are printed on rag
paper. (Most reprints have two or four unnumbered pages.) Both
the 2:00 a. m. and the 8:10 a. m. editions have been
reprinted. Such reprints have small monetary value.

The Library of Congress has originals of both the 2:00 a. m.
regular edition and the 10:00 a. m. extra. The Library also
has 13 different reprints of the extras (all of the 8:10 a. m.
edition) and one reprint of the regular edition. Most of these are
on wood pulp paper, rather dark in color and of poor quality. Some
of the reprints include a portrait of President Lincoln on page
one; many include large advertisements on the inside pages for such
items as Smith’s Buchu Lythia Pills, Dr. Archambault’s Paris Vital
Sparks, or Grain-0 Coffee.