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The forgotten people who aided John Wilkes Booth
When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, history quickly fixed its attention on Booth himself.
Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also ...
On the last day of 1892, the celebrated actor Edwin Booth was being honored at the exclusive Players club in New York. Over his long career, the club founder had received every possible laurel as the ...
A ‘carte de visite’ photo of ‘The Mysterious Beauty,’ later identified as actress Fanny Brown, one of five found on John Wilkes Booth after he was tracked down and fatally shot 12 days after he ...
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State ...
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