There were several actors at Ford’s Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was shot. Learn the story of Edwin Arthur Emerson and his association with John Wilkes Booth in this short!
Bibliography
Culpeper Exponent (Culpeper, VA). “E.A Emerson, Actor Who Saw Lincoln Shot, Dies in Alexandria.” April 20, 1922.
Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D. C. “The Ford theatre Lincoln assassination play-bill, Friday evening , Our American Cousin.” Washington, D. C. L. Polkinhorn & son, printers. 1865. Washington, 1865. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020777082/.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC). “Booth-Lincoln Story: Interesting Speculation.” February 21, 1926.
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. E.A. Emerson. Lincoln Financial Foundation. 1913.
Media Sources
“John Wilkes Booth portrait” (1865). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Wilkes_Booth-portrait.jpg
