BOOTH 8 | "Rathbone and Robinson"

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This bonus episode tells two short stories: the tragedy of Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancee Clara Harris, and the brave tale of Private George Robinson. The attack on President Lincoln haunted Rathbone for the rest of his life and drove him to madness. The attack on Secretary of State Seward turned Robinson into a hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fever tree Mediterranean tonic water
0:02.9	Pfft!
0:03.9	Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provoz
0:08.7	and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.
0:13.5	So, if three quarters of your G&T is a Fever tree tonic,
0:18.8	maybe it's time to call it a T&G.
0:22.4	Fever tree. Mix with the best.
0:26.9	Oh, that takes me straight to the med.
0:31.9	The tragedy of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris,
0:43.9	in the heroism of George Robinson.
0:49.9	General Eulissie's S. Grant and his wife Julia.
0:54.9	Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and his wife Ellen.
0:59.9	Major Thomas Eckert.
1:02.9	Speaker of the House, Skyler Colfax.
1:07.9	Former representative of Massachusetts, George Ashman.
1:13.9	Governor of Illinois, Richard Oglesby.
1:18.9	Former Governor of Illinois, Richard Yates.
1:23.9	General Isham Haney.
1:27.9	Governor of Idaho Territory, William H. Wallace and his wife Luzanne.
1:34.9	Journalist Noah Brooks.
1:38.9	Robert Lincoln, son of the President.
1:44.9	Those were the 14 people who were invited to attend a play
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