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	John Wilkes
		John Wilkes, the son of Israel Wilkes, a malt distiller, was born on 17th October 1725.
		Wilkes was also expelled from the House of Commons but in February, March and April, 1769, he was three times re-elected for Middlesex, but on all three occasions the decision was overturned by Parliament.
		Wilkes called for the redistribution of seats from the small corrupt boroughs to the fast growing industrial areas such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRwilkes.htm (1041 words)

	John Wilkes Booth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wilkes Booth began devising a plan to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln from his summer residence at the Soldiers' Home outside of Washington, D.C., smuggle him across the Potomac River and into Richmond, Virginia.
		John Wilkes Booth was fatally struck in the neck.
		John Wilkes Booth is a character in Parke Godwin's science fiction novels Waiting for the Galactic Bus and The Snake Oil Wars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth (3774 words)

	John Wilkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wilkes was educated at the Leiden, at a school in Hertford, and also privately.
		Wilkes was expelled from the House of Commons on 19 January 1764 and later arrested.
		Wilkes hoped for a change in power to remove the charges, but after exhausting his money and stock of goodwill on the continent he returned to England in 1768.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wilkes (1166 words)

	John Wilkes (1725-1798) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wilkes was a notorious rake who became involved with Sir Francis Dashwood and the Medmenham Abbey scandals: he was a member of the Hell-Fire Club that met in the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey at Medmenham for 'tasteful' orgies in 'romantic' surroundings of the ruined abbey.
		Wilkes instituted actions for trespass against the secretary of state, the Earl of Halifax, and was tried by Lord Chief Justice Pratt who set a precedent by declaring General Warrants to be illegal and contrary to the Bill of Rights.
		Wilkes was unpopular in parliament because he was a notorious rake, his social position was 'inferior' and he expressed extreme democratic views although to the electorate he became a symbol of liberty and radicalism.
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	WILKES
		Joseph Wilkes was born 1675-1680 in Lancaster Co., VA the son of Thomas Wilkes & Elizabeth “Eliza” Peirce.
		John Wilkes was born in 1710 in New Kent Co., VA. He was the son of Joseph Wilkes & Elizabeth Wynne.
		John died in 1778 in New Kent Co., VA at the age of 68.
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	Wilkes, John - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wilkes, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wilkes championed the rights of the individual, but was also a notorious xenophobe who constantly ridiculed the Scots as an alien and tyrannical nation.
		Samuel Johnson's definition of a patriotism as ‘the last refuge of the scoundrel’ was written with Wilkes in mind.
		Wilkes, born in Clerkenwell, London, entered Parliament as a Whig in 1757.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Wilkes,+John (214 words)

	John Wilkes Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Wilkes attended the University of Leyden in 1744 and spent his early adult years in activities 'literary and rakish.' He entered Parliament in 1757 as a supporter of Pitt, sitting for Aylesbury.
		Elected alderman in 1769, Wilkes became the center of a radical party in London which was pro-American and advocated parliamentary reform.
		In addition, there are 80 letters written by Wilkes to his friend John Dell, 1753-1781, and a volume of 25 letters from Wilkes to his attorney, Peter Fountain, 1768-1782, accompanied by 14 contemporary portraits and caricatures of Wilkes.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/UZ/WilkesJ.html (333 words)

	JOHN WILKES BOOTH: A CATHOLIC?
		John Wilkes Booth was baptized and confirmed as an Episcopalian protestant.
		Moreover, in the 1850s, John Wilkes Booth was an active member of the American Party, an organization better known as the "Know-Nothing Party".
		John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865 in Ford's Theatre in Washington DC.
	www.geocities.com /chiniquy/Booth.html (343 words)

	A History of John Wilkes Booth
		However, J. Wilkes Booth (as he was known professionally) led a very prominent life as an actor in the years preceding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
		He left his legacy to be carried by his sons Edwin, John Wilkes, and Junius Brutus, Jr.
		John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in a log house.
	www.nps.gov /foth/booth.htm (1090 words)

	Fingerson on John Wilkes Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wilkes Booth, the Assassinator of President Lincoln, a novel, however, is probably the first full-length book published after the assassination which included John Wilkes Booth as its main and central character.
		The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a full sketch of the conspiracy of which he was the leader, and the pursuit, trial and execution of his accomplices.
		Samuel A. Mudd, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, and Edward Spangler regarding the assassination and the argument of General Ewing on the question of the jurisdiction of the military commission, and on the law and facts of the case.
	www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/Bai/fingerson.htm (1503 words)

	John Wilkes Booth Escape Route
		The Conspirators: John Wilkes Booth, John and Mary Surratt, George Atzerodt, Davy Herold, and Lewis Powell.
		John Surratt was eventually captured and tried, but there was not enough evidence to find him guilty.
		Surratt's employee, John Lloyd, testified that she came to the tavern the day before the assassination and asked him to hold guns and supplies until called for.
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	John Wilkes
		Wilkes was now a well-known figure in the life of the west end, and among his associates were Thomas Potter, the son of the archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Francis Dashwood, afterwards Lord le Despencer, and Lord Sandwich, the last of whom in after years showed great animosity towards his old companion in revelry.
		In 1779 Wilkes was elected chamberlain of the city by a large majority, and the office became his freehold for life.
		Wilkes printed editions of Catullus (1788) and Theophrastus (1790), and at the time of his death had made considerable progress with a translation of Anacreon.
	www.nndb.com /people/211/000103899 (1463 words)

	HistoryBuff.com -- The Postmortem Career of John Wilkes Booth
		Most historians allege that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was killed in Garrett's barn on April 26, 1865.
		Besides these lines, comes to the fact that J. Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 and was twenty-six years of age when the assassination took place and sixty-three years old in 1902, if living, which is the exact age of George as found in his papers...
		Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes, represented that the family dentist identified the body as that of John Wilkes Booth by a close examination of the skeletons' teeth.
	www.historybuff.com /library/refbooth.html (2059 words)

	John Wilkes Booth's Autopsy
		John Wilkes Booth's autopsy was performed aboard the Montauk by Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes and Dr. Joseph Janvier Woodward.
		John's individual grave is unmarked at the request of the Booth family.
		Her article entitled "Is It the Body Of John Wilkes Booth?" in the December, 1994, edition of Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is an outstanding source of information regarding the topic of this web page.
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	Gorman & Williams, Attorneys at Law - Articles
		John Wilkes Booth's body was taken from the Garrett Farm in a wagon, accompanied by a detachment in the charge of Detective Baker.
		John Wilkes Booth's grave was purposely not marked as a result of the wishes of the family, particularly Edwin Booth.
		John L. Smith was a federal detective; Alexander Gardner was a photographer; Timothy O'Sullivan was Gardner's assistant.
	www.gandwlaw.com /articles/booth_brf.html (7541 words)

	Surratt House Museum/John Wilkes Booth/Abraham Lincoln/Civil War/Assassination/Mary Surratt
		During the war, it was a safehouse for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland.
		It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the United States government after being found guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
		Restored in 1976 by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, today the museum presents a variety of programs and events, recapturing the history of mid-19th century life and focusing on the fascinating web of the Lincoln conspiracy.
	www.surratt.org (338 words)

	Amazon.com: The Star Chamber: Books: John Wilkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Wilkes tells the inside story of his experiences working with the Office of Independent Counsel investigating a series of allegations against President James Madison Cannon.
		Wilkes slowly comes to understand Jeffreys and trys to deal with his own role as well as the political motivations driving the investigation, the role of the media in sustaining the culture of scandal, and the way in which the criminalization of political differences undermines the democratic process and the constitutional fabric of the republic.
		John Wilkes is the literary name of the author, a trained observer of politics and media, who understands from experience both the President and the Independent Counsel.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966864301?v=glance (971 words)

	As I Please - The "New" Dying Words of John Wilkes Booth
		At this point in the story, with a $100,000 bounty being offered, John Wilkes Booth was still at large, hiding in the swamps of Virginia, writing in his journal, waiting for the Confederacy to raise him to glory.
		Jason says Lucy gave John Wilkes Booth a ring which he flaunted openly, whether to display his love for Lucy or to taunt her abolitionist father, we'll never know.
		Next morning, Lucy and John are still in bed in her room at the National Hotel when word comes that Lee has surrendered at Appomattox.
	www.seacoastnh.com /arts/please042098.html (1999 words)

	Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It would not be until 1857 that John Wilkes Booth would appear again on the stage.
		By the beginning of the civil war in 1861, John had already risen to star status and was a favorite amongst the female patrons.
		It was during these turbulent years that John would turn further away from his acting career and closer to plot to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
	www.historic-impressions.com /booth.htm (210 words)

	The Family History of John Wilkes (-1778) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Wilkes Booth was a son of Junius Brutus Booth, also an actor, who came to America from England in 1821.
		John made a will in Nottoway County providing for the support of his wife, Patience, and dividing the remainder of his estate including land, slaves, and personal possessions among his four children.
		Her father, John Wilkes, gave his consent and Willis Vaughan was the surety.
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	Granbury, Texas on 1st Traveler's Choice: Lodging Directory of America's Bed & Breakfasts, Country Inns, and Small ...
		any who believe John St. Helen and John Wilkes Booth are one in the same also conclude that members of Lincoln's cabinet conspired to kill the president and then paved the way for Booth to assume the alias of John St. Helen and escape to Texas.
		John St. Helen, a saloon keeper while in Granbury, was also known to drink himself into a stupor every April 14, which marks the anniversary of Lincoln's assassination.
		It's commonly believed that John St. Helen taught school for three years (1879-81) in Bandera County and then taught one year (1885) in the first school built in Concho County's City of Eden.
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	John Wilkes - a friend to liberty
		Wilkes has come to the end of term now at law school and judged that some time off was necessary.
		After Iain Dale's post on the subject, the comments streamed in and Wilkes had his say in a debate that at times was quite heated and ill-informed.
		Wilkes believes this issue to be at least as important as other liberty issues like ID cards and 90 day detention plans; he hopes others do too.
	www.johnwilkes.blogspot.com (6125 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Presidents: Lincoln, Abraham: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The John Wilkes Booth Exhumation Case Brief - A summary of the court proceedings in which Green Mount Cemetery fought the exhumation of the body believed to be Booth's.
		John Wilkes Booth's Autopsy - Attempts to dispel rumors that John Wilkes Booth escaped by providing details of his positive identification and the doctor's account of his autopsy.
		On the Track of the Assassin John Wilkes Booth - Freelance journalist and author Bob Allen reflects on the crime that claimed the life of a President.
	www.dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Presidents/Lincoln,_Abraham/Assassination/Booth,_John_Wilkes (349 words)

	I. On Coercive Measures in America by John Wilkes. Great Britain: I. (710-1777). Vol. III. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. ...
		On Coercive Measures in America by John Wilkes.
		May the loss of the first province of the empire be speedily followed by the loss of the heads of those ministers who have persisted in these wicked, these fatal, these most disastrous measures!
		Wilkes continued to oppose with vigor the measures of the government in America.
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	John Wilkes -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth fatally shot Abraham Lincoln while the president was watching a performance of this play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Surratt, Mary Eugenia Jenkins
		After the death of her husband in 1862, Surratt operated a boardinghouse in Washington, D.C. Her son, John H. Surratt, was part of a conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln and take him to Richmond in an attempt to end the war.
		Contains the conspiracy theories, trial of John Wilkes Booth and the text of his diary, eyewitness accounts, and events before and after the tragedy.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076999 (719 words)

	The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK - Did John Wilkes Booth die in Enid? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		john wilkes Booth should be revered as one of Americas greatest heroes for stopping old Abe and his traitorious usurpation of our Constitution.
		On the November 7, 1994 broadcast of “Good Morning America”, Lois Rathbun, great-great-grandniece of John Wilkes Booth, was interviewed about her family’s desire to have the body in Booth’s grave exhumed.
		My mother's name was Fern Booth, her father, John Clay Booth, born in 1868......son of John Wilkes Booth, she told me. As a child I was told of the experience of booth being my great-grandfather.
	www.enidnews.com /cnhi/enidnews/opinion/local_story_361231557.html?keyword=secondarystory (3948 words)

	Surratt House Museum/John Wilkes Booth/Abraham Lincoln/Civil War/Assassination/Surratt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The family of John Wilkes Booth has been traced to Clerkenwell in London, England.
		Six of their children were baptized at St. John the Baptist Church in Clerkenwell.
		John Wilkes never married (but, given his reputation, may have fathered some children!), and Joseph became a doctor and died in 1902 leaving no children (a son, Edwin, died in infancy).
	www.surratt.org /su_jwb.html (488 words)

	John Wilkes Booth
		John Wilkes Booth was born on a farm near Bel Air, Maryland, about 25 miles from Baltimore.
		John's parents were British and had moved to the United States in 1821.
		Critics generally rated John Wilkes Booth as a good actor, but he was considered below the talent level of his father and older brother, Edwin.
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	Booth, John Wilkes on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BOOTH, JOHN WILKES [Booth, John Wilkes], 1838-65, American actor, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, b.
		A bust of Abraham Lincoln is on display at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., where he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
		A bedroom across the street from Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., is where Lincoln was taken after being shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Booth-J1o.asp (1154 words)

	Character. (from John Wilkes) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		John Wilkes Booth was born in Hartford County, Md., in 1838, into a well-known acting family that included Edwin Booth, his brother.
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