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John Wilkes Booth:10
The National Portrait Gallery publishes a captioned portrait of John Wilkes Booth in which Booth's animosity toward Lincoln and the events of Lincoln's assassination are recounted.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
Library of Congress
Loc: Prints and Photographs Reading Room: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Selected images of the Ford Theater, James Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators, and Lincoln's funeral procession.
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John Wilkes Booth
A detailed description of Booth's flight from the scene of the assassination of Lincoln, and Booth's eventual death. Includes an eyewitness account.
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Mr. Lincoln's White House: Maps of Lincoln's Assassination
Features three detailed maps of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; "The Night of April 14th", "Booth Flees Washington", and "Booth Travels April 14th-26th".
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edwin Booth
Famous 19th century actor, and brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln. Booth played in Richard III and many Shakespearean tragedies.
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Ford's Theatre: The Lincoln Assassination and Its Aftermath
Follow the chronology of events after Lincoln's assassination using this interactive timeline. The timeline begins the night Lincoln was killed and ends with the execution of conspirators. Included are photographs, newspaper columns,...