For further information on the Lincoln assassination plot and conspirators, other sources, and tours, visit the Surratt Society at www.surratt.org
The Surratt Tavern still stands in Clinton, Maryland, and is open to the public.
Edwin Booth (1833 – 1893), John"s older brother, was the most gifted and famous actor of his time. Miraculously, a short recording of his voice survives, on one of Thomas Edison"s wax cylinders. You can listen to it by going to www.britannica.com/shakespeare/browse?browseId=248018.
Lincoln actually did say, “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” but no evidence exists that he said it to John Wilkes Booth.
