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Edwin Booth Grossman thanks Franklyn Lenthal for his interest in his (Grossman's) grandfather and family. Lenthal gives lectures on Edwin Booth and is a collector of Booth mementos.

Edwin Booth Grossman writes Franklyn Lenthall that he is happy to hear from him but is unable to grant Lenthall's request for family photographs. Grossman states, however, that he will be attending Lenthall's lecture on April 9.

John Wilkes Booth gives Isabel Sumner four photographs of himself in a variety of poses. In this photo Booth strikes a standing pose facing to his left. On the reverse side of this photograph is the photographer's mark with a cancelled two-cent…

President Abraham Lincoln places an order for J.T. Headley's two volume The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States. A salesman for Hartford publisher Hurlbut & Williams took this specimen volume -- contents,…

John Wilkes Booth gives Isabel Sumner four photographs of himself in a variety of poses. In this photo Booth wears a black suit under an open grey coat and faces the camera. On the reverse side of the photograph is inscribed in pencil: J. W. Booth.

John Wilkes Booth gives Isabel Sumner four photographs of himself in a variety of poses. In this photo Booth wears a black coat and hat in a pose that has him leaning his left arm against a bannister while facing the camera at his right. Booth…