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BOOTH, John Wilkes. Partly printed check, endorsed on verso ("J. Wilkes Booth"), n.d. A check for $2,000 FROM HIS BROTHER EDWIN BOOTH, signed ("Edwin Booth" and initialed "E.B."), drawn upon Howard Bank, Boston, 3 February 1863. 1 page, oblong, in three different typefaces, decorative engraving at left margin, 2-cent Washington stamp in upper right corner, three cancellation punch holes .
BOOTH, John Wilkes. Partly printed check, endorsed on verso ("J. Wilkes Booth"), n.d. A check for $2,000 FROM HIS BROTHER EDWIN BOOTH, signed ("Edwin Booth" and initialed "E.B."), drawn upon Howard Bank, Boston, 3 February 1863. 1 page, oblong, in three different typefaces, decorative engraving at left margin, 2-cent Washington stamp in upper right corner, three cancellation punch holes . LINCOLN'S ASSASSIN ENDORSES THIS SUBSTANTIAL CHECK from his brother, and fellow actor. This sizable sum was probably in connection with investments Booth made at this time. Three weeks after this letter, on 28 February, he sent his lawyer a draft for $1,500 and instructions to buy some Boston Water Power Company stock. Booth was on tour in Boston at the time, appearing at the Boston Museum in Richard III , his most popular role, from 19 January through 14 February 1863. BOOTH CHECKS ARE RARE. Only three others have appeared at auction in the last 40 years, the last in these rooms, 16 December 2004, lot 421, $14,000.