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The diary is described in the museum collection at Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site as “a small book, which was actually an 1864 appointment book kept as a diary, found on the body of John Wilkes Booth on April 26, 1865. The datebook was printed and sold by a St. Louis stationer named James M. Crawford. The book measured 6 by 3 1/2 ...
When John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 and was killed on a farm in Virginia two weeks later, officers found a red leather diary on his body that contained two diary entries, written in pencil, and photos of five women, one of which was his secret fiance Lucy Hale.
Apr 15, 2024 · There are a number of conspiracies concerning what was supposedly contained in the missing pages of Booth’s diary, but the chief one — at least the one involving Secretary of War Edwin Stanton — suggests that he was part of a larger conspiracy behind the assassination of President Lincoln.
Booth’s diary, written between April 17–22, 1865. For twelve days, John Wilkes Booth led the U.S. Army on a chase through Maryland and Virginia before finally being caught in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia.
This page contains the text of the diary kept by John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Apr 19, 2024 · Petty! How did John Wilkes Booth actually die? As seen on “Manhunt,” John Wilkes Booth was trapped in a burning tobacco barn on Garrett’s farm when Union soldier Boston Corbett fatally...
Apr 15, 2023 · Follow along with our maps and stories to see what happened on each day of Booth’s escape, up to his final moments at the Richard Garrett Farm near Port Royal, Virginia. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre and fled via Baptist Alley, behind the theater.
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir. Asia Booth Clarke's memoir is an indispensable resource for perceiving the complexities of her ill-fated brother. Certainly no outsider could give such...
Mar 16, 2005 · The James O. Hall Papers contain research materials about the alleged missing pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, the alleged meetings between Samuel A. Mudd and Booth, the effort to exhume the body of Booth, and the book "Dark Union" by Ray A. Neff and Leonard Guttridge, among other topics.
