Assassination Trivia

[AussieMick]

Well, there's 7 stars under your name ..... so I'll say $700.

And Happy Christmas to all.
And for anybody that prefers it ...... Happy Holidays!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Shame on me - I knew I read it not long ago. It was in the latest Surratt Courier - 150$.

[Anita]

HA! Nice Eva!
Happy Holidays to all!

[RJNorton]

YES, Eva! Very good!!

Here is how folks can find the answer:

1. Click on the latest post in the Assassination section.

2. Click on the link Bill Binzel kindly posted.

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Michael, the forum software (which I did not write) does that automatically. Here are the designated user titles/number of posts:

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[Dennis Urban]

Well, I wasn't going to give away the Courier answer and that was what my vague hint was about. But congrats to Eva for remembering.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A "GOOD NIGHT!'

[RJNorton]

No googling please.

The man who wrote the following is a familiar name in the Lincoln assassination saga. Who wrote it?

"I am very sorry to think that it is your intention to become an old maid. The horrible creatures! curses upon society! a perfect plague! always meddling with affairs that do not concern them! This is my opinion of old maids. I express it to you, because you have not yet arrived at that state of misery and despair. They are looked upon down our way as unnatural beings — something forsaken by God, man, and devil. So beware!"

[Steve]

John Surratt?

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Steve. My source is Susan Higginbotham's wonderful website.

https://www.susanhigginbotham.com/posts/...ll-seaman/

[Steve]

I didn't know the answer but that awful smarmy tone just instantly conjured up the image of John Surratt in my head!

Thanks for posting the text of those letters, Susan!

[RJNorton]

Let's see if someone can answer this question without any research.

The Lincolns had also been invited to Grover's Theatre the night of the assassination. What was the name of the stage play at Grover's?

[Steve]

It was Aladdin something.

Trying to remember without looking it up, ... Aladdin and the Golden Slipper?

[RJNorton]

Close enough, Steve. It was “Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp.” Tad Lincoln was there at Grover's when his father was shot.

[Dave Taylor]

Last year, Swann Auctions sold a lot that contained a playbill from this performance of Aladdin. I had never seen the full color bill before: https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-l...B8341CF9FD

[RJNorton]

Let's see if anyone knows this without googling or reseaching.

What did Robert Nelson find during the morning hours of April 15, 1865?

[AussieMick]

Something to do with boots? Missing?