News of President Lincoln's death swept through Washington and touched every resident, every business. The town was draped in black as storefronts turned into impromptu monuments and tributes to the nation's fallen leader.
Someone, possibly a man but no one knows for sure, walked the streets with pen and paper and captured the messages at each address - not to mention the nation's grief.
The age-toned pages, each bearing hand-drawn images of one of the most important days in our national story line, were revealed recently by caretakers at Brown University.
They document the fury of the nation, as well as its sadness.
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