A near a fac simile of the original as possible J. WILKES BOOTH OR, AN ORIGINAL TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS. - 1880 - PREFACE - THE vitality of the interest in anything pertaining to Abra- ham Lincoln has recently had a new proof, in the great prices obtained for Rlajor Lamberts famous Lincoln collec- tion, at auction in New York, and for letters and personal relics sold by various dealers. Even his inkstand, used by him from 1849 to 1860, and bearing marks of its long service, is priced at 1,000 in a recent catalogue. It is therefore with renewed pleasure that we present our sub- scribers with a reprint of the second of the three plays-all very scarce-on the subject of the martyred President. This is en- titled J. lTrilkes Booth and while much inferior in imagination and construction to the first one Madame Surratt, which forms our Extra Number 80, is even rarer. We are indebted for permission to use it, to the kindness of Mr. Judd Stewart, of New York, whose Lincoln collection rivals Major Lamberts in extent and value. DEDICATION To B. A. BUSH, my esteemed and honored friend, I most respectfully inscribe this play and trust, that the fruit of my first efforts will be received as a token of the sincerest friendship, and a memoir of the many happy days we passed together. I W. A. LUBY. BOOTH, DAVIS, SURRATT, HARROLD, THOMPSON, Conspirators. OLAUGHLIN, PAYNE, DR. BIUDD, ATZERODT, SEWARD, Secretary of State. LINCOLN, President of the United States. RI RS. LINCOLN, wife of President Lincoln. EICHMAN, acquaintance of Surratts. LLOYD, an innocent accomplice. B11ss HARRIS, Friends of Lincoln. MAJ. RATHBUN, MAJ. SEWARD, Sons of Semard. FREDERICK SEWARD, ROBINSON, an attendant. B11ss SEWARD, daughter of Secretary Semard. GARRETT, a farmer. Officers, friends, attendants, etc. SYNOPSIS This play is founded on the assassination of President Lincoln, the nineteenth President of the United States the assault upon Secretary Sew- ard, his son and attendants the origin and progress of the plot the cap- ture of Sewards assassin, and the tragical end of him who has deprived the Nation of her greatest and most honored chief, Abraham Lincoln. Enteied according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by WILLIA A. LUBY. in the ofice of the Librarian of Congress, at nshington. -SPECIAL NOTICE-This play is copy-righted by the Author. Those wishing to produce it should address WILLIAM A. LUBY, Publisher. Kalamazoo, Michigan. J. WILKES BOOTH OR THE NATIONAL TRAGEDY. A room in DAVIS house. Enter DAVIS. DAVIS. From 1ny infancy to Iny manhood, I have always cherished and battled for the thought of freedom first, I bore arms in behalf of my country, and marched to defend her against the invasion of a foreign foe. Then, irhen triumphant victories crowned my youthful labors in the field-vhen war had ceased to devastate the land, and peace reigned monarch from one end of the TTnion to the otlier-I resigled the conlmission which the people had intrusted to my care, intending to pass the remainder of my days in the quiet and pleasure of a happy home. But alas I had scarcely reached that sanctliary of repose, when I was again called fort11 into the field of national strife. But not this time to the battle field, vhel.e thunder is but a discord to the agonizing cries of the vounded and distressed but to the national rostrum, where dignity, honor, and integrity are supposed to be the crown- ing virtues of the represeiltatives of the American people...