Grant and Lincoln's invitation

[Eva Elisabeth]

(10-15-2014 01:05 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(10-15-2014 09:00 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  On Amazon I found this statement in a review on "We Saw Lincoln Shot":
"On history's most tragic Good Friday night since that First Good Friday, 741 people bought a ticket to Ford's Theater."

Eva, THANK YOU. Due to the fact that you mentioned Good's book I decided to thumb through it. And I finally found where I had read the 1,000 figure. (I mentioned earlier that I could not recall the source but knew I read it somewhere.)

In the Preface Tim Good writes, "Approximately one thousand patrons attended Ford's Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865."

Thank YOU, Roger! I, too, thumbed through Good's book, but didn't find what you found. I solely focused on the 741 (as a figure, not a word)...