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Auction set for house with Lincoln tie – UPI.com

Posted by on July 27, 2011

KING GEORGE, Va., July 25 (UPI) — A Virginia manor house where John Wilkes Booth sought medical help after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln is heading for auction, officials say.

Preservationists hope to save the King George, Va., house, where Booth turned up April 23, 1865 — nine days after shooting Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre — seeking help for a broken leg he suffered while fleeing, The Fredricksburg (Va.) Free-Lance Star reported.View original article)

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