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John Wilkes Booth

Booth and Lincoln

December 25, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I was intrigued by this article, which, as I corrected it, I noticed had mention of both Lincoln and the actor Booth in the column. Written in December 1860. it was years before the two would actually collide on the “world stage.” LETTER FROM NEW YORK. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Towards the bottom of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Slavery, Thinking about Tagged: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, John Wilkes Booth, Secesssion

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