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Daily Davenport Democrat
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
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The theatrical wardrobe of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, was auctioned in Quebec on July 18 by court order to benefit salvagers from the wrecked schooner Marie Victoria, shipped from Montreal last fall. Damaged items sold for high speculative prices: dressing case $15, costumes $20-25, swords $4.75 each.
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From the Quebec Mercury July 18.
The theatrical wardrobe belonging to John Wilkes Booth the assassin of President Lincoln was sold here to-day by order of the Vice Admiralty Court. The sale took place for the benefit of the parties who saved the effects from the wreck of the schooner Marie Victoria whereon they were shipped at Montreal last fall for Richmond via Nassau. The prices which the articles brought were far beyond their intrinsic value for they were greatly damaged by sea water and the principal purchasers were persons buying on speculation. His dressing case nearly in pieces was knocked down at $15; many of the spoiled dramatic costumes at $20 and $25 each and his stage swords at $4 75 each.
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July 18
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Theatrical items of assassin John Wilkes Booth, shipped from Montreal last fall for Richmond via Nassau, were salvaged from the wrecked schooner Marie Victoria and sold at auction in Quebec by Vice Admiralty Court order to benefit the salvagers. Damaged by seawater, items fetched high speculative prices including $15 for a broken dressing case, $20-25 for costumes, and $4.75 for stage swords.