Box 50
Container
Contains 1 Result:
One-man show on Lincoln, "Our American Cousin," and the era of the time of the assassination
File — Box: 50, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Richard D. Mudd Papers contain the extensive research files of Richard D. Mudd, whose grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, set the leg of Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth as Booth attempted to escape the scene of the crime through southern Maryland. Samuel A. Mudd went to prison for setting Booth's leg, but Richard D. Mudd decades later contended that his grandfather was simply doing his duty as a medical doctor. Although he was released from prison by President Andrew Johnson,...
Dates:
1822 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990