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Lengthy letter from John Wilkes Booth...



Item # 703859

April 24, 1865

UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, April 24, 1865  The front page has a column headed: "Highly Important Letter From J. Wilkes Booth - He Acknowledges an Intention to Commit a Desperate Act". This letter is contained in its entirely on the front page and is signed in type: J. Wilkes Booth.
There are many other reports concerning both Lincoln and the closing events of the Civil War as shown in the photos.
Four pages, never bound no trimmed, various folds & wrinkles, wear at the margins, various archival mends inside. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Item from our most recent catalog - #359, released for October, 2025

Category: The Civil War