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Contains 61 Results:

"Funeral Services of the late John T. Ford", 1894 March 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
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A clipping from the Evening Star dated March 15, 1894 concerning the funeral of John T. Ford.

Dates: 1894 March 15

"He was at Ford's", 1895 September 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
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An article from the Boston Sunday Journal dated September 22, 1895 on Capt. Silas Owen who was at Ford’s theater the night of the assassination.

Dates: 1895 September 22

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 1896 April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
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“The Four Lincoln Conspiracies” by Victor Louis Mason in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, v.51, no.6 (April 1896). Including the Booth conspiracy, Mason finds there were four serious plots to assassinate or kidnap Lincoln.

Dates: 1896 April

Newspaper Accounts of Lincoln's Assassination, 1881-1927

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
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These accounts of Lincoln’s assassination and related subjects come from newspapers in New York, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, among other cities.

Dates: 1881-1927

Newspaper Clippings describing the Assassination Trial, 1891-1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
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Newspaper clippings on various aspects of the Lincoln assassination and trial. Some of the stories are taken from Baltimore papers, but many not identified as to origin.

Dates: 1891-1915

Harry F. Byrd to Mary Ford Talley, 1929 April 3

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
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Virginia Governor Harry F. Byrd writes to Mary Ford Talley of Atlee, Virginia stating he cannot intervene in a matter not named in the letter and recommends she contact Richmond city authorities.

Dates: 1929 April 3

New York Times Book Review, 1940 December 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
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New York Times Book Review from December 8, 1940 featuring a review of Newman Ivey Hite’s biography of Percy Shelley, Shelly, v.1 New York, NY: Alfred Knopf, 1940.

Dates: 1940 December 8

Frank T. Gartside to John T. Ford (Jr.), 1943 August 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
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A representative of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior writes to John Ford (Jr.) that the agency will examine the John T. Ford papers.

Dates: 1943 August 31

Postal Receipt for John F. Sollers, 1951 May 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 59
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Postal receipt for manuscript sent to John F. Sollers of Appleton, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1951 May 8

George Ford to Frank Ford and John T. Ford (Jr.), 1955 March 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
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Letters from George Ford to cousin Frank Ford and John T. Ford (Jr.) requesting information on John T. Ford (Sr.) for book George is writing. Also a handwritten excerpt from a passage on John T. Ford (Sr.) in Baltimore: Its History and People (1912), p.183.

Dates: 1955 March 24