Did Lincoln not want to attend the theater that night?

[RJNorton]

Amazing were all the "might have beens" that made up what led to the eventual outcome of that evening.

Another possibility for that evening was going to Grover's Theatre. Tad ended up going there, but Abraham and Mary accepted the Ford's invitation and declined the one from Grover's. Booth was ready, though, if the Lincolns went to Grover's instead. He asked another man, John Deery, to secure tickets for him for the box that adjoined where the Lincolns would be sitting. Of course Booth never needed these tickets.