Thursday, July 9, 2009

John Wilkes Booth in Washington Times July 9, 2009

An article entitled "Booth the Star of Band of Conspirators" by Kimberly Largent Christopher appeared in the Washington Times on July 9, 2009. You can read this lengthy article focusing primarily on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln online at:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/09/john-wilkes-booth-assassin/

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

See Junius Brutus Booth Sr. Letter on Library of Congress Website

You can see a photo of the letter JBB Sr. wrote to Andrew Jackson on the Library of Congress website. The site also features a brief article about the letter.

http://www.loc.gov/blog/2009/07/library-helped-finger-another-would-be-assassin-named-booth

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