Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Edwin Booth" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Edwin Booth, Theater, Theatre, Stage, Tragedian, Hamlet, Lincoln, Mark Gray
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1853 and 1913.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The San Francisco Critics"
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA), June 1, 1853, Image 4, col. 1.
"Mr. Edwin Booth"
Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), July 19, 1860, Image 2, col. 4.
"Amusements To-Night"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), March 2, 1864, Image 3, col. 1.
"Edwin Booth"
East Saginaw Courier (East Saginaw, MI), April 19, 1865, Image 3, col. 5.
"Edwin Booth and Robert Lincoln"
Cleveland Morning Leader (Cleveland OH), April 26, 1865, Image 2, col. 4.
"Welcome to Edwin Booth"
The Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia, PA), January 4, 1866, Third Edition, Page 5, Image 5, col. 1.
"The Attempt Upon the Life of Edwin Booth"
The New Orleans Daily Democrat (New Orleans, LA), April 25, 1879, Image 1, col. 4.
"Booth Breaks Down"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA), April 4, 1889, Image 1, col. 6.
"Edwin Booth and His Banjo"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), September 22, 1889, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"America's Great Actor: Edwin Booth, the Tragedian to Retire from the Stage"
New Ulm Weekly Review (New Ulm, MN), April 15, 1891, Image 3, col. 3-4.
"Edwin Booth Dead"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 7, 1893, Image 1, col. 4-5.
"Booth in California"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), August 24, 1902, Page 12, Image 40, col. 1-3.
"New Booth Theatre"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 5, 1913, Image 26, col. 7.

Edwin Booth: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America