Booth's Boston Haunts

[mgambuzza]

(02-14-2013 05:07 PM)Art Loux Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 10:50 AM)mgambuzza Wrote:  I live near Boston so I consider my home away from home to be the Parker House Hotel where JWB stayed about a week before the assassination. Sometimes when I meet my friends for a drink at the bar in the back of the hotel, I think that this was the exact location where booth had breakfast in the former dining room overlooking Chapman place. Chapman Place is an old alley and I read that JWB dined in the dining room and the sun was shining in from Chapman Place.

Mike

Mike,
Booth honed his shooting skills at Floyd & Edward Pistol Gallery, 2 Chapman Place. He attracted a crowd by shooting over his shoulder and through his legs. Attached is a letter summarizing Booth sites in Boston. Also a picture of the land JWB owned on Commonwealth Ave and the Parker House.

Art

Thanks Art. I'm glad to finally know where the shooting gallery was located!