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to rear is about nine feet. The elevation of the box above the stage, including the railing, is about ten or twelve feet. " When the party entered the box, a cushioned arm chair was standing at the end of the box furthest from the stage ...
to rear is about nine feet. The elevation of the box above the stage, including the railing, is about ten or twelve feet. " When the party entered the box, a cushioned arm chair was standing at the end of the box furthest from the stage ...
Page 61
The box is entered by passing from the front of the building in the rear of the dress circle to a small entry or passageway , about eight feet in length and four feet in width . This passageway is entered by a door which opens on the ...
The box is entered by passing from the front of the building in the rear of the dress circle to a small entry or passageway , about eight feet in length and four feet in width . This passageway is entered by a door which opens on the ...
Page 62
66 to rear is about nine feet . The elevation of the box above the stage , including the railing , is about ten or twelve feet . When the party entered the box , a cushioned arm chair was standing at the end of the box furthest from the ...
66 to rear is about nine feet . The elevation of the box above the stage , including the railing , is about ten or twelve feet . When the party entered the box , a cushioned arm chair was standing at the end of the box furthest from the ...
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This wedge or bar was about four feet from the floor . Persons upon the outside were beating against the door for the purpose of entering . Deponent removed the bar and the door was opened . Several persons who represented themselves to ...
This wedge or bar was about four feet from the floor . Persons upon the outside were beating against the door for the purpose of entering . Deponent removed the bar and the door was opened . Several persons who represented themselves to ...
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... he slipped when he gained the stage , ; but got upon his feet in a moment , brandished a large knife , saying The South shall be free ! turned his face in the direction I stood , and I recognized him as John Wilkes Booth .
... he slipped when he gained the stage , ; but got upon his feet in a moment , brandished a large knife , saying The South shall be free ! turned his face in the direction I stood , and I recognized him as John Wilkes Booth .
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| Title | The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President, John Gilmary Shea |
| Editor | John Gilmary Shea |
| Publisher | Bunce & Huntington, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608364290, 9780608364292 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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