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John Wilkes Booth's Keys
Ford's Theatre
Washington, D.C., United States
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, owned this set of keys. Union soldiers recovered the set after his capture on April 26, 1865.
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- Title: John Wilkes Booth's Keys
- Location: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Subject Keywords: Lincoln Assassination, US President, Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Keys, Ford's Theatre, Union soldiers, John Wilkes Booth, 1865, President Lincoln
- Type: Physical Object
- Original Source: Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, FOTH 3240
- Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith
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