Playbill

[PaigeBooth]

During a visit to the Smithsonian Museum of American History last month, I had the pleasure of touring the presidential section of the museum. While gazing through the various artifacts in the assassination area, I noticed an original playbill from Ford's Theatre is currently on display. At the bottom of the playbill is a note, written by George Wright, who witnessed the assassination and saved the playbill due to its historical significance.

In his note, Wright wrote the following:

"This is the program of the play of Our American Cousin, I was present on that occasion and have preserved it on account of its historical value in connection with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln"
April 14th, 1865
Washington D.C.
George Wright

Below is a picture I took of the note written by Wright: