Booth in Boston April 1865

[Steve]

According to John Wilkes Booth: Day by Day by Arthur Loux:

April 1: Booth leaves Washington on afternoon train. According to one source cited by Loux, he briefly got off at Baltimore before continuing on to New York but Loux is unsure if that's correct.

April 2: Booth is in New York

April 3: Booth is in New York

April 4: At 4 P.M. Booth and a female companion board the steamer Empire State headed to Newport, RI

April 5: At 8 A.M. they arrived at Newport. Booth and his female companion then register as "J.W. Booth & Lady, Boston" at the Aquidneck House. Booth and the woman took the 3 P.M. train to Boston. Booth saw Edwin play Hamlet that night.

April 6: Booth is in Boston

April 7: Booth leaves Boston for New York

April 8: Booth heads to Washington. While waiting for a connecting train in Philadelphia, he writes a letter to Sam Chester. After arriving in Washington, Booth registers at the National Hotel. Booth remains in Washington until the 13th.

For brevity's sake I've left out some of the details Loux gave of Booth's actions in those cities. Booth never traveled to Montreal in April 1865. Loux never identifies the woman who left New York with Booth. But since the book is just a strict chronology, he may have not wanted to speculate if the sources did not specifically identify Hale as the woman.