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John Wilkes Booth, 24, actor
Catherine Winslow, 26, actress

in his rooms at the National Hotel, Washington DC, after the opening of his production of Richard III, which was attended by President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, April 11, 1863

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• “The Watermill,” by Richard Church, Summer 1929
• “Lunatic,” by Richard Church, Summer 1929