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RE: Booth diary - best birthday ever - Jim Garrett - 04-29-2013 07:04 PM
(04-29-2013 05:24 PM)Rhatkinson Wrote: I put my Booth diary up for display in my office today. Unfortunately, when I did I accidentally knocked my Lincoln bobblehead off the shelf and decapitated the poor man! Thank God for superglue.
Heath
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!!
RE: Booth diary - best birthday ever - Laurie Verge - 05-01-2013 10:23 AM
Surratt House received its Booth's diary replica today, and it is wonderful. I'm now in the process of figuring out a new exhibit case in which to display it and the CDVs of Booth's "groupies." Thank you, Dave Taylor and Pasquale, for making these available to the public.
RE: Booth diary - best birthday ever - Rhatkinson - 05-01-2013 10:56 AM
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!!
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Ironically, my Booth bobblehead (which I keep at my home office instead of on display with my "great Americans" collection at work) was also decapitated when I took it out of the box. JWB still has an awkward tilt to his head.
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RE: Booth diary - best birthday ever - Jim Page - 05-01-2013 03:26 PM
I looked on eBay to see whether the type of diary Booth used, with the leather cover, was commonly sold there. I saw some that were similar.
One, in particular, covering six months in 1864, discussed crossing the Rappahannock River and the town of Port Royal.
Here's the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Authentic-1860s-CIVIL-WAR-Diary-Mint-Condition-Transcribed-/221205931465?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3380e6a5c9
Note the asking/buy-it-now price: $1,500!!!
--Jim