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Read the diary entries of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He wrote about his motives, his actions, and his despair as he hid from the authorities and faced public condemnation.
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.
Explore the diary and other items that Booth carried during his escape from Washington after Lincoln's assassination. Learn how these objects reveal his motives, actions and fate.
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Dec 29, 1996 · This page contains the text of the diary kept by John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Learn about the life and motives of the assassin who shot President Lincoln in 1865. Explore his family background, theatrical career, political views, and the manhunt that followed his crime.
Asia Booth Clarke, the sister of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, wrote a memoir in 1868 to explain her brother's motives and character. The memoir reveals his childhood, his passion, his patriotism and his last words to her.
May 30, 2012 · As a fugitive on the run, John Wilkes Booth recorded his version of the Lincoln assassination in a diary, but some of his secrets are lost to history.
