Madame Surratt

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Excerpt from Madame Surratt: A Drama in Five ActsAmong the rarest of Lincoln items are two plays - neither was ever put on the stage - one of which we here present to our readers. It was written by the late James Webb Rogers, of Washington, who was a clergyman: and served in the Confederate army before study ing law.It is so scarce that but one copy, to our knowledge, has ever been sold at auction, and being unable to obtain one for reprinting, we are indebted. To the New York Historical Society for permission to make a copy of the one owned by them.Should we succeed in finding a copy of the second play, it will also appear as one of our Extras in due time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.