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Topic: Henry Rathbone

	Biography for: Philip Henry Rathbone
		Philip Henry Rathbone of Green Bank Cottage, Green Bank Road, Liverpool, was a collector, Justice of the Peace and underwriter and loss adjuster for the insurance company, Rathbone, Martin and Co. He was the son of a wealthy family of Nonconformist and Radical Liverpool merchants.
		From 1867 until his death in 1895 Rathbone was a Liberal member of the Liverpool Town Council and a member of the Committee of the Free Public Library, Museum, Gallery of Arts and Education.
		Rathbone admired the work of JW and was in favour of Liverpool buying Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket (YMSM 181) but didn't think he could persuade the city council to spend £1700 (transcription">#05595).
	www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Rath_P.htm (577 words)

	A Night at the Theater With the Lincolns - New York Times
		Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris were raised as brother and sister following the marriage of his mother and her father, whose first spouses had died.
		Clara was the favorite of her father and Henry of his mother; they grew to be the favorites of each other and fell in love.
		Mallon paints sharp portraits of Henry's shrewd and ambitious mother and Clara's father, a New York judge who seems resigned to his political death until he is resurrected, through his friendship with William Seward, to serve out the new Secretary of State's term in the United States Senate.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E0D91730F932A1575BC0A962958260 (707 words)

	The Curse of the Lincoln Assassination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1882 Rathbone was appointed to the post of U.S. Consul General to Germany.
		When the police arrived, Rathbone mumbled, "Who could have done this to my darling wife?" and went on about people "hiding behind the pictures on the wall." He spent the rest of his life in an asylum for the criminally insane in Hildesheim, Germany.
		While in the asylum Rathbone maintained that the walls were hollow and contained a spray apparatus which blew dust and gas on him causing headaches and chest pain.
	wesclark.com /jw/lincoln_curse.html (1032 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| HENRY AND CLARA by Thomas Mallon
		Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris, a young engaged couple, were President Lincoln's guests in his box the night he was shot at Ford's.
		Mallon follows Henry and Clara from childhood through married life, skillfully navigating the stretches of time with historical accuracy and finesse.
		Henry Clara was recognized as one of the outstanding books of 1994 by the New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, and the Chicago Tribune.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/henry_and_clara.asp (379 words)

	Henry Rathbone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rathbone joined the Union Army in 1861 and during the American Civil War reached the rank of major.
		Rathbone grabbed Booth but he was slashed with a hunting knife.
		Henry Rathbone died in the asylum in 1911.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWrathbone.htm (330 words)

	Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri
		Rathbone was a member of the Home Guards of Greene county and fought at the battle of Springfield, January 8, 1863, when General Marmaduke made his raid on the place.
		Rathbone was married twice, first to Margaret Potter, a daughter of Henry Potter, a native of Kentucky, who came to Greene county, Missouri, where he located and where Mrs.
		Rathbone's second wife was Emma Fielder, a daughter of Thomas Fielder, and to this union one child also was born, Mrs.
	thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org /lochist/history/paspres/rathbonw.html (766 words)

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		In response to the anger, hatred, and revenge that was rampant during the Civil War years, Justus Henry Rathbone felt an urgent need to rekindle brotherly sentiment throughout the land.
		Brother Rathbone was so impressed with the story of Damon and Pythias that he was determined to do all in his power to induce men to follow their example.
		Early in 1864, Brother Rathbone called four of his friends together, took a Bible given to him by his mother, administered the obligation and read to them the ritual that he had prepared in manuscript form.
	www.seniorschoice.com /kelowna/CS/homepages/pythian/rathbone.htm (499 words)

	Biography for Basil Rathbone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rathbone was hired as an actor on the condition that he work his way through the ranks, which he did quite rapidly.
		Rathbone himself was stabbed by John Wilkes Booth as the latter was escaping, but the wound was not fatal.
		Rathbone later married Clara Harris, who was also in the Lincoln party, but he murdered her in a jealous rage in 1875 and spent the rest of his life in an insane asylum.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0001651/bio (1092 words)

	Amazon.ca: Henry and Clara: Books: Thomas Mallon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Henry Rathbone is not etched like a fable into the American consciousness.
		Henry served with distinction in the Civil War's most horrific battles, while Clara suffered in Washington, not far from the action.
		Henry was badly wounded by Booth's knife, and Clara, seemingly without calculation, ministered to the grieving Mary Lincoln through the next morning, leaving her fiance unattended.
	www.amazon.ca /Henry-Clara-Thomas-Mallon/dp/039559071X (1775 words)

	Chicago Historical Society Northwestern University Wet With Blood
		Henry Rathbone, a guest in the presidential box, noted that Lincoln got up from his seat during the performance "for the purpose of putting on his overcoat."
		Henry Rathbone was slashed with assassin John Wilkes Booth's knife and bled more profusely than the president.
		Rathbone escorted Mary to the top of the Ford's Theatre stairs, where he asked a fellow army officer to assist her across the street to the Petersen's boarding house.
	www.chicagohs.org /wetwithblood/BLOODY/Cloak/Cloak2.htm (322 words)

	Clara Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clara and her fiancèe, Major Henry Rathbone, accompanied President Lincoln and his wife, to Ford's Theater, on April 14, 1865, and were present during his assassination.
		Rathbone, who tried to thwart the assassin's escape, was severely wounded by Booth, who wielded a large dagger, and attacked him.
		Rathbone was slashed and stabbed, primarily in his left arm, and collapsed from a loss of blood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clara_Harris (373 words)

	Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen - Stage Appearances
		Although Rathbone made his fortune in films, he turned down the opportunity in 1946 to renew his lucrative film contract in order to return to the stage.
		In 1948 Rathbone won a "Tony" award for his performance in "The Heiress." After his success in "The Heiress," he was always searching for a good play.
		In this special matinee of mixed performances Rathbone and Miss Fay Compton performed the Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet." The Queen of Spain was present at the performance.
	www.basilrathbone.net /theater (1523 words)

	uticaOD.com :: The meeting place and marketplace of the Mohawk Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rathbone is buried in Utica's New Forest Cemetary and has a monument dedicated to him.
		On August 8, 1999, members of the Supreme Council of the Order of Knights of Pythias, led by Supreme Chancellor Stephen Vickness, gathered at the Rathbone Memorial in New Forest Cemetery in Utica, New York, to rededicate the monument.
		Rathbone died on Dec. 9 1889 and is buried in Utica's New Forest cemetary.
	www.uticaod.com /community/halloffame/history/rathbone_henry.htm (176 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE HAUNTED MAJOR
		Henry’s widowed mother then married Judge Ira Harris of Albany, who upon William Henry Seward’s acceptance of the post of Secretary of State was named to replace him as a United States senator.
		The Rathbones spent the summer of 1882 in Albany, and when cold weather came they made for a rented place in Hanover, Germany, another stop on their endless trek to seek aid for his sad illness.
		Their son, Henry Riggs Rathbone, age thirteen when his mother died, was taken in and raised with his younger brother and sister by a brother of his mother.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1994/1/1994_1_110.shtml (1428 words)

	Cheshire
		Henry RATHBONE (c1822?-), son of George RATHBONE (whitesmith), residing in Chester in 1844, married Annie SPARROW.
		John RATHBONE's son, William RATHBONE, was living in Macefen during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307), and is thought to have witnessed the grant of land from the widow, Gilliam WYXI to her son, William.
		The RATHBONE family of Gawsworth, are descended from the Astbury branch, and William RATHBONE of Gawsworth migrated to Liverpool, Lancashire.
	www.stanford.edu /~dorcas/Ches.html (692 words)

	Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen - Stage Appearances
		Rathbone narrated Alexander Steinert's symphonic poem of Oscar Wilde's story "The Nightingale and the Rose." The Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music.
		Rathbone continued his one man show off and on throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.
		Rathbone performed at the White House at the request of President John F. Kennedy to honor Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg.
	www.basilrathbone.net /theater/page2.htm (961 words)

	Our-Town Internet Service - A Word Edgewise - Mary Joe Clendenin
		Major Henry Rathbone collapsed on the floor of the parlor from loss of blood.
		Clara Harris and Major Rathbone were married in 1867, but he was not a well man. He blamed himself for not saving Lincoln's life.
		Henry died in 1911 and was buried in Germany beside his wife.
	www.our-town.com /editorials/Edge-Clendenin/edgelincoln.htm (855 words)

	FICTIONAL EXCESS, REAL-LIFE ELOQUENCE
		Thomas Mallon's Henry and Clara is a work of historical fiction that treats the lives of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris.
		Henry is portrayed as a sardonic, self-absorbed know-it-all with a chronic case of ``the sulks'' - much of this, it is hinted, the result of his father's death.
		By the time of their fatal confrontation, Henry has become transformed, in a sense, into Booth, having convinced himself that not only could he have stopped the assassin from shooting Lincoln, but that he actually willed Booth to act as he did.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941009/10080184.htm (780 words)

	A Christmas Visitor, by Anne Perry
		As Henry meets each of them at the train station, he must break the news of Judah's death, and the news that Ashton Gower, the convicted forger, is out of prison and spreading the rumor that Judah had falsely convicted him in order to take his land.
		Except for Henry Rathbone, she doesn't develop the characters as much as she does in her longer books.
		Henry Rathbone is the star of the show, and he fares very well in the spotlight.
	journals.aol.com /cobalt99/NeilasMysteryPicks/entries/2004/11/.../987 (575 words)

	eBooks.com - A Christmas Visitor eBook
		Henry Rathbone tucked the blanket around his legs where he sat in the pony trap, his luggage beside him.
		Henry had known her all her life, first as a grave and happy child, eager to learn, forever reading.
		Henry felt as if he had been struck physically, so stunned was he by her words.
	www.ebooks.com /cj.asp?IID=210824 (2552 words)

	Henry Rathbone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was present at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the President and Mrs.
		The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln From left to right: Maj. Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth.
		Rathbone recovered from his wounds and married Clara Harris on July 11, 1867.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Rathbone (515 words)

	A Moment in Time: The Haunted Major (Rathbone) - Part II
		Content: Rathbone sprang to the president's aid and attempted to grab the assassin John Wilkes Booth, but was stabbed and shoved aside as Booth made his escape.
		In 1867 Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone married, but it was clear even from that time that Rathbone blamed himself for Lincoln's death.
		After Clara's burial, Henry Rathbone was committed to an insane asylum where he remained in haunted isolation until his death in 1911.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=1533 (441 words)

	Knights of Pythias
		Rathbone’s first resignation, one of several, was brought about by the actions of one Joseph T. Plant, a founding member that Rathbone had met at a Red Man lodge meeting.
		Rathbone founded the SPK in 1868 under the authority of the Washington D.C. grand lodge which was then acting as Provisional Supreme Lodge.
		Rathbone saw the need for a higher degree to act as “a sieve”; he was not all that happy with the quality of some of the Pythian membership and saw the SPK as a means to select only the best.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /masonicmuseum/fraternalism/knights_of_pythias.htm (10998 words)

	Book Review: A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
		Oliver Rathbone is approached by a young architect, Killian Melville, who is about to be sued for breach of promise on a marriage engagement.
		Melville swears that the question was never asked, but rather assumed by the bride and her mother.
		Rathbone knows there is a hidden secret, but cannot shake it out of the gentleman.
	www.jandysbooks.com /mystery/breach.html (460 words)

	Amazon.com: Henry and Clara: A Novel: Books: Thomas Mallon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This novel is based on the lives of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris, a couple who were sharing President Lincoln's box at the Ford Theater the evening he was assassinated.
		Although Henry and Clara, stepbrother and stepsister, overcame the objections of their socially and politically prominent family to marry, they could never escape the memories of that night at the theater; innuendo, rumor, and guilt dogged them until their lives ended by madness and murder.
		Henry and Clara were at the theater, in the box with the Lincolns that night when John Wilkes Booth struck.
	www.amazon.com /Henry-Clara-Novel-Thomas-Mallon/dp/0312135084 (2308 words)

	Bookreporter.com - A CHRISTMAS VISITOR by Anne Perry
		Anne Perry’s A CHRISTMAS VISITOR is told primarily from the perspective of Henry Rathbone, a well-known mathematician and inventor in Victorian England.
		Aficionados of Perry’s work will be quite familiar with Rathbone from his appearances in her William Monk novels, though an intimate or even passing acquaintance with him is not necessary to enjoy this book.
		Rathbone begins an investigation, and what he uncovers puts him and the Dreghorn family upon the horns of a dilemma.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0345476700.asp (411 words)

	The Tragedy of Major Rathbone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Major Rathbone was stabbed in the head and neck by John Wilkes Booth before the assassin made good his escape by jumping onto the stage from the presidential box.
		Although seriously wounded, Major Rathbone responded to treatment and physically recovered from his wounds, but his mind was never quite the same.
		Doctors were able to save what was left of the life of Henry Rathbone, but he spent the rest of his days in an insane asylum far from his former home on Lafayette Square.
	wesclark.com /jw/rathbone.html (425 words)

	Second Generation
		Louisa Caroline BLABER and Henry Charles (or James) RATHBONE were married on 28 Sep 1890 in West Tilbury, Essex, England.
		It appears that Henry moved from 5 to 7 Bryanstone Road between the 1891 and 1901 census.
		Charles Henry RATHBONE was born on 21 Dec 1896 in West Tilbury, Essex, England.
	www.mnemonics.freeserve.co.uk /trees/blaber12/b1567.htm (422 words)

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