Another Booth threatens assassination

[Joe Di Cola]

I saw a story about this letter not too long ago. For years, the letter was assumed to be a fake, but has recently been authenticated. It seems that Booth the elder followed the trial of two mean accused of piracy, De Ruiz and De Soto, and felt that they should be pardoned. Booth often acted intemperately and this is one of those instances. The return address on the envelope was for the Browers Hotel, where Booth often stayed.