Autographed note from American stage actor and brother of Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Framed along with playbill from a performance of The Merchant of Venice. Circa 1867. Edwin Thomas Booth was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. He is considered by many to be the greatest American actor of the 19th century. However, his..... More