Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Washington, DC Events Date Type 04/15/1865 Fugitive John Wilkes Booth rides into Maryland and reaches the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd at four a.m. Crime/Disasters 07/03/1865 In Washington D.C., the planned reopening of Ford's Theater causes public and governmental consternation Business/Industry 07/24/1865 In Washington, the War Department purchases Ford's Theater and begins to convert it as an office building Lawmaking/Litigating 04/14/1865 John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln during the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford’s Theatre Crime/Disasters 07/10/1865 On Secretary of War Stanton's orders, troops surround Ford's Theater and prevent its re-opening Lawmaking/Litigating Major Topics Lincoln's Assassination People Documents Date Title 04/15/1865 Edwin M. Stanton to Major General William T. Sherman, April 15, 1865 04/17/1865 Henry Reed Rathbone, Deposition on the events of April 14, 1865, Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. 04/17/1865 "The Consequence," Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1865 04/28/1865 Entry by Kate Stone, April 28, 1865 Images Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, zoomable image Presidential Box, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, zoomable image Presidential Box, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, detail Presidential Box, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, further detail View from the stage, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, zoomable image View towards the stage, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, zoomable image
View towards the stage, Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street, Washington, D.C., circa 1968, zoomable image
