Borne by Loving Hands

[Steve]

(03-03-2018 07:19 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Steve, I do not know. Offhand, the only person I recall reading about who was lifted from the stage to the box was Dr. Charles Taft.

I checked Timothy Good's book We Saw Lincoln Shot, and Julia Shepherd's 16 April 1865 letter to her father and Spencer Bronson's 16 April 1865 letter to his sister seem to describe more than one person climbing to the box (pp. 55-58). So, I guess it's plausible that Augustus Clark could've also climbed into the box, like Dr. Taft, the way he described if he could've gotten to the stage all the way from Peterson House before the President was moved.

Here's a link to a transcription of Dr. Leale's original 1865 account of what happened:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/262986...w=fulltext

I think Augustus Clark's description of Lincoln's treatment/condition while at Peterson House matches Leale's account pretty well. How would've he been able to do so in a 16 April 1865 letter if he hadn't been there? I don't think the autopsy results were released to the newspapers until 17 April.

So there's a different plausibility question raised whether you believe Clark's account or not.