Rock Island, IL

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Louisville (KY) Journal, "The Case of Dred Scott," December 27, 1856
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, April 13, 1859
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Pickett, April 16, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860
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John Wilkes Booth (Goodrich, 2005)

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Thomas Goodrich, The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), 60-61.
Although [John] Wilkes [Booth] was an outspoken advocate of Southern rights, other siblings in the Booth family were either neutral or, as was the case with older brother Edwin, strongly pro-Union.

The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy
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