Telegram from John Wilkes Booth to Michael O'Laughlin
3/19/1864
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The date on this telegram is wrong. John Wilkes Booth actually sent this on March 13, 1865, the month before he assassinated President Lincoln. The telegraph company used printed forms and had not exhausted the stock of telegram messages from 1864.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army).
National Archives Identifier: 595170
Full Citation: Telegram from John Wilkes Booth to Michael O'Laughlin; 3/19/1864; Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), Record Group 153. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/telegram-from-john-wilkes-booth-to-michael-olaughlin, April 23, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.