Want to come heckle BoothieBarn authors Dave Taylor and Kate Ramirez in person? Here are some of our public speaking engagements planned for the future.
Date: Friday, October 6, 2017
Location: Port Tobacco Historic Village Courthouse (Port Tobacco, Maryland)
Time: 6:00 pm
Speech: The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Speaker: Kate Ramirez
Description: For the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco’s First Friday Series, Kate will be taking on the lead role in a mock trial of the famous alleged ax murderess, Lizzie Borden. The event will highlight part of the Borden trial and give context into the crime that swept the country and still fascinates people today. Did Lizzie Borden take an ax and give her parents many whacks? Come and judge for yourself.
Cost: $10.00 per person which goes to the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco. You can purchase tickets here: https://restoreporttobacco.wordpress.com/societys-calendar/events/
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2017
Location: Port Tobacco Historic Village Courthouse (Port Tobacco, Maryland)
Time: 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
Speech: “The Return of Olivia Floyd”
Speaker: Kate Ramirez
Description: Olivia Floyd was a famous Confederate spy during the Civil War. Guests to Port Tobacco Historic Village Attendees will have two opportunities on this day to participate in a seance which will bring Olivia Floyd to life. The seances will occur in the Port Tobacco Courthouse.
Cost: Free
Date: Sunday, October 8, 2017
Location: Tudor Hall (17 Tudor Ln, Bel Air, MD 21015)
Time: 2:00 pm
Speech: “A Long Look Backward”: From the Pen of Asia Booth
Speaker: Kate Ramirez
Description: Asia Booth was the chronicler of the Booth family’s greatest triumphs and their most heart breaking failures. In her speech, Kate will look more into Asia Booth and her myriad of writings. More information can be found at: http://spiritsoftudorhall.blogspot.com/2016/11/make-plans-to-visit-tudor-hall-in-2017_7.html
Cost: $5.00 cash for the talk and a tour of Tudor Hall
Date: Friday, November 3, 2017
Location: Port Tobacco Historic Village Courthouse (Port Tobacco, Maryland)
Time: 6:00 pm
Speech: “My Dearest Darling”: The Letters of Sarah and Dr. Samuel Mudd
Speaker: Kate Ramirez
Description: On June 30, 1865, Dr. Samuel Mudd was found guilty of having aided the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On July 24th, he arrived at Fort Jefferson, an island prison 70 miles from Key West, Florida. In the nearly four years Dr. Mudd spent on the island, stalked by controversy and plagued by a life threatening epidemic, he sent dozens of letters to his wife, Sarah. In this presentation, Kate and fellow Mudd house docent Bob Bowser will portray Sarah and Samuel Mudd in a show that will reveal a family’s tragedy, a struggle for survival, and the triumph of love against unbeatable odds.
Cost: Free
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2017
Location: Surratt House Museum (9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735)
Time: 2:00 pm
Speech: The Death of Abraham Lincoln: Reactions from a Divided Nation
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln was an unprecedented event in American history. From coast to coast, the dramatic news resonated deeply with people from all walks of life. Many cried for their fallen leader, while others privately condoned his death. The differing reactions to Lincoln’s assassination paint a vivid picture of how a divided nation mourns.
Cost: Free
Dates: Saturday(s) in April, 2018
Location: Surratt House Museum (9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735)
Time: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Speech: John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Bus Tour
Speaker: Dave Taylor
Description: The 12 hour bus trip which documents the escape of the assassin through Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
Cost: $85. Registration information can be found at: http://www.surrattmuseum.org/booth-escape-tour
Additional speeches and information will be posted when available. Past speaking engagements can be seen here: https://boothiebarn.com/about/
If you are interested in having either Dave or Kate speak to your group about any aspect of the Lincoln assassination story, click to Contact Us or email to BoothieBarn@gmail.com
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Dave, your blog just keeps getting better and more essential. These images you’ve been posting are stunning and wonderfully presented. Thanks!
These pieces of history make”History” come alive! Especially when you are a visual learner! Tremendous Work!
With your great research skills, how about trying to find out what happened to Booth’s note to Stuart that was used as evidence in the John Surratt trial? It’s hard to believe it was destroyed. My guess is that it was simply misfiled, or pilfered. If the latter, it is conceivable that it was subsequently lost. Let’s hope it’s still in some old War Dept. file. Does anyone else — who has the time — care to take up the search? (If found in private hands, it’s really the property of the government. That may be why its whereabouts — if in private hands — is unknown.) We have some great researchers out there, like Betty Ownsbey and Mike Kauffman. (I bet Mike already looked for it years ago!)
According to JOH in “On the Way to Garrett’s barn”, both the scrapped note found in a pocket of Booth’s diary (the $5 one) and the one recovered by Baker from Dr. Stuart (the $2.50 one) were present at John Surratt’s trial. They disappeared after that. I agree that it is extremely likely they are merely misfiled somewhere. I’ll try to look into it, but no promises.
Good knife pictures
Thanks. I know a guy with an “in” with the NPS.
Hi Dave, I know that the keys, labeled as having been found on Booth’s body at Fords, may in fact have been found on Herold. Is that the case with the whistle?
Rich,
I believe the keys were taken from Davy’s house by investigators and were not on either of the two men. The whistle is a mystery to me too as I can’t find any record from soldiers at the Garretts that mention it.
Thanks Dave. Is there evidence that they were found at Herold’s house? I don’t even remember reading that his house was searched.
Rich,
Check out this post where I talked about the keys:
https://boothiebarn.com/2012/03/27/fords-new-center/
Thanks for clarifying the issue of the keys!
A stick pin was reportedly found on Booth, too. One of the old photos of the Booth relics in the War Dept. shows it. I think that picture appears in Hanchett’s article in a history magazine about the Booth diary pages. I think it was also mentioned by Izola Forrester in her book, “This One Mad Act.” I’d like to see a clearer photo of it, and, of course, I wonder what happ’d to it! I bet someone walked off with it! MAybe Richard Smyth will be dealing with this in his upcoming book about the assassination – related relics!
BY THE WAY, I FIND THAT THE FONT ON YOUR BLOG IS TOO SMALL AS OF LATE. IS IT MY COMPUTER’S SETTINGS? OR AM I CORRECT ABOUT THIS?)
Richard,
I have never seen a picture of the stick pin. If you find it, let me know as I’d be very interested in seeing it.
Also I have not changed the font size on the blog, so I’m guessing the problem is with your settings.
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Dear Sir,
Could you provide me with the dimensions of the Bills of Exchange found on Booth?
Many thanks.