Papers, May 11, 1865; n.d.

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Papers, May 11, 1865; n.d.

Clipped signatures; photographic copy of letter of May 11, 1865 to Mr. Harrington with brief description of the death of John Wilkes Booth.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7524504

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...

Corbett, Boston, 1832-

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Soldier; wounded John Wilkes Booth at Lincoln's assassination. From the description of Boston Corbett signature, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449921 Boston Corbett was born as Thomas H. Corbett at London, United Kingdom, in 1832. He came to America with his parents in 1839 and settled in Troy, New York. Boston was apprenticed as a hatter in Connecticut. His wife died during childbirth in 1855. Boston changed his name after attending a Methodist revival in Boston...