List of Ford's Theatre Attendees

[jbarry]

(04-23-2026 01:24 PM)Steve Wrote:  Joe, here's an earlier discussion on the Forum about the possibility of Richards being in the theater during the assassination --- it might be useful for your chart:

https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...-3082.html

Thanks Roger and Steve! I'll take a look. My initial take is he likely showed up several minutes after the fact, but this thread may show otherwise. Even if he was there at the time, I don't think his account of running down from Dress Circle to meet Stewart onstage, and both of them "groping" through the backstage together to be very credible. Maybe he linked up with Stewart after Stewart returned from outside ...

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(04-23-2026 11:24 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  Joe and Steve,

I don't know if you've seen this yet but I found a document titled The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : recollections and accounts of eyewitnesses: Published Accounts of the Lincoln Assassination, "from the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection" on the Internet Archive. Maybe there are some names there that are not yet on the list? There are 5 volumes.

https://archive.org/details/assassinatio...1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/assassinatio...1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/assassinatio...1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/assassinatio...1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/assassinatio...1/mode/2up

Thanks Linda, these and some other folders are in the link I've provided. Definitely one of the richest sources of info on eyewitnesses!