Booth signature for sale

[Eva Elisabeth]

Ok. After consulting some of my Booth signature files, I concede that the signature for sale was not written by Booth. Since it appears to be a clipping from a legal document, it is probably just some theatre clerk's transcription of a contract with Booth.

The most telling thing showing that this was not written by John Wilkes' Booth is how the crossbar of the "t" is formed. Booth did not lift his pen to cross his t's, rather he looped around to continue the signature as one motion.

The upper part of "W" looks totally different, too. The first writer "changed direction" in a bow, whereas Booth did it straightly, creating spikes.