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tre in the evening, and a box was engaged. The general was called to New York, and did not attend. The President, with Mrs. Lincoln and a little party, was there. Mr. Lincoln was seated in a high-backed chair. The play was Diagram of box occupied by President Lincoln in Theatre. [O. Dark corridor leading from the dress-circle to box.—H. Entrance to corridor.—I. The bar used by Booth to prevent entrance from without.—J. Dress-circle.—K. The parquette.—L. The foot-lights.—M. The stage.— F. Open door to the President's box.—G. Closed door.—N. Place where Booth vaulted over to the stage below. A, B, C, D, E. Chairs and settee.—A. President Lincoln; B. Mrs. Lincoln; C. Major Rathbone; D. Miss Harris; E. Mrs. Ira Harris.] Our American cousin; and just before its close, at a little past ten o'clock, John Wilkes Booth, an actor, entered the President's box, closed and fastened the door Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated. behind him, and, with a derringer pi