"After the assassination, public opinion of Booth was not good. People with only casual relations with him were thrown into jail (without charges). Hence, many of those who had letters, photos, etc., simply burned them. "
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"Joe - can you expand on what was sketchy about it? I'm new here. "
"Thanks for the reply, Joe. That looked very good to me so I see this is dicey business. I appreciate your input. "
"I was friendly with Blaine Houmes, whose Lincoln collection would make the Smithsonian people cry (and was eventually auctioned by Heritage in Dallas) and he told me he believed there were only 5 of these in private hands. "
"Are you speaking of the photo that stated on the back "Admit Miss______"? While I'm no expert, I've seen enough of Booth's writing that the piece really didn't raise any red flags. Can you explain? TIA!"
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