Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1838 - 1865
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin Booth papers
Collection — Box BW-13: [Barcode: 31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0253
Scope and Contents
Collection consists largely of clippings related to Edwin Booth and other 19th century actors. Booth items include notice of a birthday celebration in Baltimore (1898), and the dedication of a memorial window in a church in New York City (1898). Also included are orbituaries of other actors of the period: Stuart Robson, John Sleeper Clarke and Creston Clarke. A photograph of John Wilkes Booth and a clipping describing Greenmount cemetery, where Booth is buried.
Dates:
1890-1940
Found in:
Special Collections
Samuel Bland Arnold letters to William B. Kines
Collection — Box BW-18: [Barcode: 31151030132371], Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-0888
Abstract
Samuel Bland Arnold (1834-1906) was one of several co-conspirators in the plot to kidnap Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) that preceded his assassination by John Wilkes Booth (1838-65) on April 14, 1865. The collection contains four letters to William B. Kines, City Editor for the Baltimore American newspaper, from Samuel Arnold, and one letter from Kines to a collector. From December 8–20, 1902, Kines published sworn statements by Arnold and excerpts from his memoir under the title, ...
Dates:
1902-1903 and 1921
Found in:
Special Collections
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