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George Ford to Frank Ford and John T. Ford (Jr.), 1955 March 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
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Letters from George Ford to cousin Frank Ford and John T. Ford (Jr.) requesting information on John T. Ford (Sr.) for book George is writing. Also a handwritten excerpt from a passage on John T. Ford (Sr.) in Baltimore: Its History and People (1912), p.183.

Dates: 1955 March 24
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Melvin Frahm to John T. Ford III, 1956 April 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 61
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Letter to John T. Ford III from Melvin Frahm, Detroit, Michigan with questions regarding the Ford family and their connections to Henry Ford the automaker and any relationship of the Booth acting family to the Booths of the Salvation Army.

Dates: 1956 April 6
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

H. Clay Ford to John T. Ford, 1865

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
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Letter to John T. Ford from H. Clay Ford stating he cannot obtain permission for a visit from Edith and elaborates on his efforts to win John’s release including his intention to contact Henry Winter Davis.

Dates: 1865
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Envelope - "Statement for Wilkes Booth", undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Empty envelope with legend “statement for Wilkes Booth.”

Dates: undated
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Ford, John T. - Manuscripts, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts by Ford on the assassination. First, seven pages of musings on the assassination with a six page typed transcript. Secondly, four pages of notes on Pittman’s Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators, labeled A, B, C. and D, with a one page typed transcript of excerpts from the four pages.

Dates: undated
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Spangler Statements, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
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Two manuscripts in pencil, one three pages long, the other seven, on statements regarding the assassination by Edmund “Ned” Spangler. Probably a transcript, but after his release from prison, Spangler worked for Ford at the Holliday Street Theater.

Dates: undated
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Programs - Edwin Booth, 1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

Playbills for Edwin Booth in various plays at the Holliday Street Theater in Baltimore.

Dates: 1867
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

W.F. Florence to John T. Ford, 1871 July 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
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W.F. Florence notifies Ford he has purchased rights Falconer’s play “Eileen.”

Dates: 1871 July 7
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

J. Jefferson to John T. Ford, 1875 May 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Note to Ford from J. Jefferson enclosing a cheque for $225 (not included in file).

Dates: 1875 May 22
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

Plaque of Keys, 1885

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

Photograph on cardboard of a plaque of keys presented by Mayor of Baltimore F.C. Latrobe to visiting New York firemen with a typed note speculating on the origin of the picture.

Dates: 1885
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 0371, John T. Ford manuscript collection

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