Extremely Rare Booth Autographed Letter

[Laurie Verge]

We had two other considerations besides the steep cost: First, while it is a genuine Booth letter, its content does not pertain to the assassination nor the Surratts (the primary criteria in our acquisitions process). We also had to consider conservation of the letter. Proper conservation would put it in storage for most of its life with us. There goes the audience's education.