Which door did Booth enter?

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Speaking of doors . . .
In 1962, Frank Ford, the son of Harry Clay Ford, wrote to Dr. George Olszewski, a historian involved in the restoration of Ford's Theatre, about the "hole in the door leading to the box President Lincoln occupied . . . ." He writes, in part:

I say again and unequivocally that John Wilkes Booth did not bore the hole in the door leading to the box President Lincoln occupied the night of his assassination, April 14, 1865, as "history" seems to think and has so many times repeated.

The hole was bored by my father, Harry Clay Ford, or rather on his orders, and was bored for the very simple reason it would allow the guard, one Parker, easy opportunity whenever he so desired to look into the box rather than to open the inner door to check on the Presidential party.

My father would always "blow his top," to use today's slang, whenever he read or heard of this historical absurdity ... .


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