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John Wilkes Booth last letter - observer - 05-23-2025 10:00 PM Letter given by Booth to John Mathews on day of Linclon death printed in ..Evening star December 7, 1881 p.6 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1881-12-07/ed-1/seq-6/ John Mathews died January 11, 1905 https://digitalcollections.library.oakland.edu/files/original/d6478c5656f22da0b8c9aaf7255e781f8f12ede7.pdf RE: John Wilkes Booth last letter - Steve - Yesterday 01:43 AM Matthews destroyed Booth's letter after the assassination. The letter in the article is Matthews' recreation of it based on his memories and Booth's other writings. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0020.207/--right-or-wrong-god-judge-me-the-writings-of-john-wilkes?rgn=main;view=fulltext#:~:text=Matthews%20destroyed%20the%20letter%2C%20a​nd,with%20which%20he%20was%20familiar.