Grant and Lincoln's invitation

[Eva Elisabeth]

(10-15-2014 06:09 PM)L Verge Wrote:  The mention of the bird cages struck me. Dare I think that canaries were there to assure that the gas was not seeping out into the audience (a la coal miners)?

Coming from a coal mining area, I would think you are right.

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(10-15-2014 04:56 PM)loetar44 Wrote:  “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard says on page 160: “Out of respect for the office, none of the other boxes are for sale when the Lincolns occupy the state box”.

Wasn't the opposite box the Seward family's? I seem to recall at least one performance the Sewards AND the Lincolns attended, thus the word "none" would be incorrect.