[THEATRE] Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.
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[THEATRE] Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. (1821- 1883) American actor and theatre manager. As a member of the illustrious Booth family of actors, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. was overshadowed not only by his father Junius, Sr. and brothers Edwin and John Wilkes (the assassin of Abraham Lincoln), but by his wife Agnes, who was a successful actress in her own right. Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., himself was briefly imprisoned in Washington, DC, after his brother assassinated Abraham Lincoln. At the time of the assassination, he was fulfilling an acting engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio. Even so, he was arrested and hurried by train to the Old Capitol Prison, where he was interrogated and released. Signed [in pencil] card, 3.5 x 2 in. VG.
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[THEATRE] Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.
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