The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . one feet front and one hundred feetdeep. At the beginning of the war it was converted intoa theater, having previously been a Baptist church, butwas never used as a theater after the assassination. Thecompany attempted to open the theater some time after-ward, with the Octoroon, as advertised on the playbill, but the Government prohibited its further use asa theater, and, upon legal proceedings being threatened,the following bill was passed by Congress: For thepurchase of the property in Washi
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . one feet front and one hundred feetdeep. At the beginning of the war it was converted intoa theater, having previously been a Baptist church, butwas never used as a theater after the assassination. Thecompany attempted to open the theater some time after-ward, with the Octoroon, as advertised on the playbill, but the Government prohibited its further use asa theater, and, upon legal proceedings being threatened,the following bill was passed by Congress: For thepurchase of the property in Washington City known asFords Theater, for the deposit and safe-keeping of docu-mentary papers relating to the soldiers of the Army ofthe United States, and the Museum of the Medical andSurgical Departments of the Army, one hundred thou-sand dollars. When the Government took possession ofit, the interior was torn out, converting it into threefloors, and it was first used for the Medical Museum. Itis used at the present time by the Record and PensionDivision of the War Department. June 9, 1893, the day. FORDS THEATER. Door No. I was the entrance to the gallery. No. 2, President and Mrs. Lincoln and Booth entered. No. 3 and 4 were open in mild weather, but in April were closed asmeans of entrance, and only used for exits after the performance. No. 5 was used for exit only, as the stairway leading to the dress circlewas located there. Across the lobby from the point where the two ladies are walking on thesidewalk was an iron railing where the doorkeeper took the tickets forboth down- (orchestra and dress circle) and upstairs (dress circle). ] and Booth, to get to the private after going in No. 2 door, wentalong the lower lobby northwardly, then up the stairway, then along theupper lobby southwardly, and down the aisle easterly to the private box office was located between the doors No. i and 2, marked F. Ithad a ticket window facing north for the best parts of th
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