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An Eerie Encounter:
In November 1863, the Lincolns attended a Ford's Theatre performance of The Marble Heart, starring the youngest member of the famous Booth theatrical family, 24-year-old John Wilkes Booth. Handsome and athletic, Booth was an authentic matinee idol.
Pretty Sharp:
Booth was fervently pro-Southern, making no attempt among his intimate associated to conceal his growing hatred of Lincoln. He hinted as much that evening, glancing up at the presidential box even as he delivered some of the play's most threatening lines.
"He looks as if he meant the for you," one of the presidential party remarked to Lincoln.
"He does look pretty sharp at me, doesn't he?" conceded Lincoln. |