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    Lucy Lambert Chandler (Hale)

    Birth: 1-1-1842

    Death: 10-15-1915

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Washington, D.C. social belle, rumored to be secretly engaged to John Wilkes Booth at the time he assassinated President Lincoln, married William Chandler in 1874. Possibly referenced in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in attendance at a dinner party Fanny attended in Washington, D.C. 

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Washington, D.C. social belle, rumored to be secretly engaged to John Wilkes Booth at the time he assassinated President Lincoln, married William Chandler in 1874. Possibly referenced in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in attendance at a dinner party Fanny attended in Washington, D.C.
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https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/lucy-lambert-hale-gets-valentine-john-wilkes-booth-valentine/
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Crime and Scandal Lucy Lambert Hale Gets A Valentine From John Wilkes Booth - New England Historical Society
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https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/lucy-lambert-hale-gets-valentine-john-wilkes-booth-valentine/
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Lucy Lambert Hale Gets A Valentine From John Wilkes Booth - New England Historical Society
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22960626/lucy-lambert-chandler
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Lucy Lambert Hale Chandler - Find A Grave
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