List of Ford's Theatre Attendees

[Steve]

I have an update for Joe's list -- one duplicate name and one name to add to the list.

The list has a William F. Kent and William T. Kent.

Here's the list's reference for William F. Kent from pages 1 and 2 of the 12 Feb. 1909 edition of the San Francisco Call referenced in the list:





If you look at these other newspaper accounts of William T. Kent, they match the 1909 newspaper account. There was just an error on Kent's middle initial by the newspaper----


An earlier account of William T. Kent from page 4 of the 05 Dec. 1891 edition of the Indianapolis Journal





Page 11 of the 14 April 1916 edition of the Washington Evening Star




William T. Kent conspiracy trial testimony:

https://archive.org/details/conspiracytr...6/mode/2up



Now for the new name for the list. In an April 15, 1865 letter to his mother William T. Kent said he went to theater with a "Mr. Franklin".

Here's Roger's earlier post of image of transcript of April 15, 1865 letter Kent sent to his mother:

(04-01-2023 10:46 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Many thanks to Mr. James Pratt of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park for sending the full text of William Kent's April 15, 1865, letter. There is no mention of finding Mary Lincoln's opera glasses.