Jefferson is reputed to have met John Wilkes Booth in Tamaqua in 1865, where he learned of plans for Lincoln’s assassination and tried in vain to warn authorities. But nobody would believe him.

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The life of the legendary showman, circus impresario, producer, anti-slavery politician, businessman, and author Phineas Taylor 'P.T.' Barnum was told in film, a Broadway play, and television movies ...