Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883

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Physician who lived with his wife and children on a farm near Bryantown, Maryland at the time of President Lincoln's assassination and treated John Wilkes Booth after the murder. He was convicted of conspiring with the killers because he had set Booth's broken leg during the assassin's flight. While on Tortugas Island he worked as the prison doctor during the yellow fever epidemic. President Andrew Johnson pardoned him in 1869, and in 1979 a presidential proclamation cleared his name. He was elected to the Maryland Legislature in 1876.

From the description of Papers, 1865-1906. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53039980

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referencedIn Weedon and Whitehurst family papers, 1824-1869; 1932-1966? [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Johnson, Nunnally. "Shark Island" : original screen play / by Nunnally Johnson. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Mudd, Richard Dyer, 1901-. Oral history interview, 1972. Maryland historical society
referencedIn Weinberg, Daniel R.,. Lincoln conspirators collection, 1865-1997. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883. Papers, 1865-1906. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Mudd family. Mudd family papers, 1860-2002. Public Libraries of Saginaw
creatorOf Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883. Papers, 1865-1987. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army). 1792 - 2010. Court Martial Case Files. 12/1800 - 10/1894. Investigation and Trial Papers Relating to the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Whitney, Henry B. Diary, 1862-1865. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Whitney, Henry B. Diary, 1862-1865. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands. 1817 - 1947. Letter Book of the Military Governor National Archives at Philadelphia
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Pardon Attorney. 1846 - 1989. Pardon Case Files. 1853 - 1946. B-596, Samuel A. Mudd National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Biography -- Mudd family. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
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associatedWith Carter, Jimmy, 1924- person
associatedWith Hamilton, Charles, Colonel. person
associatedWith Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. person
associatedWith Johnson, Nunnally. person
associatedWith Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 person
associatedWith Mudd family. person
associatedWith Mudd, Richard Dyer, 1901- person
associatedWith Mudd, Sarah Francis, 1835-1911. person
associatedWith Weinberg, Daniel R., person
associatedWith Whitney, Henry B. person
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Fort Jefferson (Fla.)
Dry Tortugas (Fla.)
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Birth 1833-12-20

Death 1883-01-10

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