Booths Diary

[L Verge]

IMO, Balsiger and Sellier and their movie that was then turned into a book did more to set the Lincoln assassination field back 50-75 years than anyone else in my recent memory! The Surratt Society and the Dr. Mudd Society were the first to see the movie. We had a private showing in our area before it was distributed to other areas. I remember distinctly that the audience recommended that it be stopped in its tracks and never shown elsewhere. You know how far that suggestion went!

Back to the Julian diary - Roger, can we drag Richard Sloan into the discussion? Richard was the wonderful editor of the Lincoln Log newsletter that he created back in the 1970s, and he carried excerpts from the diary in one of the early issues. He might share some insight with us.