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Abraham Lincoln Assassination Letter ”…you unfold the scheme of consummation of the plot for assassinating the chief officer of our government…”

Letter dated 20 June 1898 from Almarin C. Richards, Washington D.C. Police Superintendent and attendee at Ford’s Theatre the night of Lincoln’s killing. Richards writes to Louis Weichmann — whose controversial testimony was the key evidence in convicting assassination conspirator Mary Surratt — regarding Weichmann’s book about the assassination. In part, ”…you unfold the scheme of consummation of the plot for assassinating the chief officer of our government as well as the pursuit, capture and punishment of the chief operators in the tragedy…as to the inception, progress and outcome of this nefarious attempt to wreck our government…this supreme crime of the age…” Letter measures 8” x 10”. Some tearing at the folds and toning, else very good condition. Sold for $3,125.

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Amazing Eyewitness Letter Detailing Lincoln Assassination Events — ”…It became ‘absolutely certain’ that Wilkes Booth was implicated in that crime…’‘

Amazing autograph letter from Washington, D.C. Police Superintendent Almarin C. Richards, in the audience at Ford’s Theater the night President Lincoln was assassinated, to Louis Weichmann, chief prosecution witness at the assassination conspirators’ trial. Richards searched for suspected conspirators John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt at the boardinghouse of Mary Surratt, John’s mother. In the 24 December 1900 letter, he reviews his memory of events for the book on the assassination Weichmann was writing. Richards states, ”…The fact is well and certainly known that Booth was the assassin of Lincoln before 12 o’clock midnight of the day of the assassination…[actress] Laura Keene had stated before that hour that while she did not know who had shot the President but that the man who jumped from the President’s box on the night was J Wilkes Booth…there seemed to be a peculiar hesitancy on the part of the theatre people…to disclose information…yet Miss Keene did not hesitate to state as above indicated. It was information that I had that Booth had been an associate of John Surratt’s for a few weeks prior to the assassination that led me to visit Mrs. Surratt’s house soon after midnight on that night…” Signed, ”A.C. Richards”. Minor smudging to 7.75” x 9.75” letter, written upon both the front and verso of one sheet. Overall very good condition. Sold for $3,125.

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Eyewitness Letter to President Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination — ”…lead many people to believe than the assassination was the outcome of a Catholic plot…”

Intriguing autograph letter signed by Almarin C. Richards, Washington DC Police Superintendent and attendee at Ford’s Theatre the night of President Lincoln’s killing. Here, Richards writes to Louis Weichmann, former friend of Mary and John Surratt, about the ”Catholic plot” to assassinate the President and Weichmann’s persecution by the Catholics for his role in Mary Surratt’s execution. Anti-Catholic sentiment ran high during the Civil War. Letter in pen reads, ”…Of course I know nothing of the course of Father Walter and other Washington Catholics toward you relating to Mrs. [Mary] Surratt and the Conspiracy. I do know however that I would rather stand in your place in relation to that matter than in that of those who are seeking to make it appear that Mrs. Surratt was innocent of the crime with which she was charged and for which she forfeited her life. The fact that certain prominent Catholics in Washington have so persistently persecuted you and others who were prominent in bringing her and the other conspirators to justice has done more to lead many people to believe that the assassination was the outcome of a Catholic plot than any or all other circumstances. In fact there is nothing else developed that could lead to a suspicion that could in any way inculpate any one of the authorities of that church. Mrs. Surratt was privy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States and justly expiated her offense upon the gallows. Whether she should have her executive clemency extended to her is quite another question. Very Truly Yours, A.C. Richards”. 8” x 10” letter is datelined Eustis, FL, 3 July 1898, written to Weichmann for a book that he was writing on the assassination. Slight separation at the folds, else very good condition. Sold for $3,125.

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Eyewitness Letter to President Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination — ”…a band of men had for some time been concocting a plot to assassinate the President…”

Incredible autograph letter detailing the moments immediately after President Lincoln’s murder, and the subsequent investigation by eyewitness Almarin C. Richards, the Washington D.C. Police Superintendent. The five page letter is addressed to Louis Weichmann, whose controversial testimony was the key evidence in convicting the plot’s conspirators – including the first women to be executed in the United States, Mary Surratt. Mary Surrat, her son John Surrat, Dr. Mudd and John Wilkes Booth allegedly conspired to assassinate Lincoln at Mary Surratt’s boarding house, of which Weichmann was a longtime resident. In part: ”My Dear Sir: Responding to yours of the 10th inst. I have to say that in April 1865 I was major superintendent of the metropolitan police of the District of Colombia. It so happened that I was in Ford’s theater on the night of April 14th 1865 at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln. It became my duty at once to seek and ascertain the identity of the President’s assassin. Within a short time, less than an hour I had positive and undoubted information that the man who had been seen to vault from the box occupied by the President and others was Wilkes Booth. Very soon thereafter I was authentically informed that Booth had frequently been in the company of John H. Surratt and others during the then presiding four weeks and that Booth and others then not known by name to me were known to have frequently visited the house of John. H. Surratt’s mother. Between the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock that night in company with several of my officers I visited the house of Mrs. Surratt and paid and conversed with her giving her, as I then presumed the first information she had received of the assassination of the president. You were sleeping in Mrs. Surratt’s house that night and one of my officers reported to me that he had seen you in your room. As of that hour I had no grounds for suspecting that Mrs. Surratt was implicated in the conspiracy to assassinate the President. She was not arrested. A guard of police officers was left to observe who came to or left the house, when I left for other duties. At about half past eight the next Saturday (April 15th) morning, very soon after I reached my office you came in and, introducing yourself, stated that you were and had been for sometime a border of Mrs. Surratt’s house and that in view of the assassination and developments that had come to your knowledge within a few hours believed that you were in presence of facts and a knowledge of circumstances that proved materially and in developing the fact that a band of men had for some time previous been concocting a plot to assassinate the President you then and there gave many facts and incidents you had already observed together with meetings at Mrs. Surratts house, on the street and at hotels of the men you believed had comprised the plot for the assassination of the President and other principle officers of the government. You gave names, dates, incidents and circumstances connected with the plot…the course you pursued…was of intrinsic value in aiding in establishing the fact of a conspiracy…” Each page measures 8” x 10”. Minor separation at folds and toning else very good. Sold for $3,120.

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Eyewitness Letter to Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination — ”…Booth met Surratt, Dr Mudd, Payne…these conspirators…made an abortive attempt to capture and abduct the President to Virginia…”

Fascinating and very scarce autograph letter signed regarding details of the plot to abduct and assassinate President Lincoln. Letter by Almarin C. Richards, Washington DC Police Superintendent and attendee at Ford’s Theatre the night of the killing, writes to Louis Weichmann, the prosecution’s chief conspiracy witness. Richards refers to the abortive attempt to capture and abduct the President to Virginia, and to the conspirator’s meetings with Mary Surrat, Dr. Mudd and the infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth. In full, ”My Dear Sir: Yours of the 4th inst. to hand, you request of me a statement of the facts you reported to me on Saturday April 15th 1865 and subsequently. I recall, generally that you reported very important facts in relation to your being present on occasions when Booth met Surratt, Dr Mudd, Payne and others at hotels on the street and at Mrs. Surratt’s house. Also that you observed several movements of these conspirators that satisfied you that they, sometime in March, I think made an abortive attempt to capture and abduct the President to Virginia. Also I recall your statements in relation to your trip to Surrattsville with Mrs S [Surratt] on Friday the 14th of April. I think it was &c. &c. but just at that time I was getting so many reports from different persons that I fear I might confound reports made by you with those made by others. I kept no memoranda of those events and must rely entirely on memory. Thirty three years is a long time to retain particulars. Now I wish you would write me giving a statement of what you did report to me. Such a statement will refresh my memory and enable me to segregate your statements from those made by others. Also indicate the ground you want covered by my statement. On receipt of that I will prepare such a paper as will will meet your desires…I have written to [Detective James] McDevitt for certain facts and ought to hear from him soon. He is a little slow sometimes in answering letters. Very truly yours, A.C. Richards.” The 8” x 10” 2pp. letter is datelined Eustis, FL, 9 May 1898. Minor smudging, chipping and toning. Overall in very good condition with bold, clear handwriting. Sold for $3,049.

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