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- GLC#
- GLC05603.03.02-View header record
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 1865/04/14
- Title
- W.J. Ferguson, actor, dies; saw Lincoln shot
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 clipping Height: 27 cm, Width: 6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Newspaper clipping announcing the death of W.J. Ferguson, the last living actor to have witnessed the assasination of President Lincoln. Ferguson played the part of Lietenant Vernon in "Our American Cousin." The actor and Laura Keene were in the wings when Booth shot the president. Ferguson always insisted that Booth never shouted "sic semper tyrannis!"
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