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Lucy Lambert Hale (January 1, 1841 – October 15, 1915) was the daughter of U.S. Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire, and was a noted Washington, D.C., society belle. She attracted many admirers including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Robert Todd Lincoln; and stage actor and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth, to whom she ...
Mar 8, 2019 · My go-to answer is always to a highlight a woman few people have ever heard of: Lucy Lambert Hale. When John Wilkes Booth was captured and ultimately shot by Union soldiers, there were photos of five women in his pockets.
Jun 1, 2020 · Lucy Lambert Hale, the Senator’s daughter who caught the eye of John Wilkes Booth. Lucy and Booth’s paths might have crossed as early as January 1865 when they both found themselves residing at the National Hotel which was located on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6 th Street
A Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association visitor guestbook contains the signature of 21-year-old Lucy Lambert Hale, the daughter of U.S. Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire. She visited Mount Vernon on February 8, 1862, with the president’s son Robert Todd Lincoln, whose name appears above hers.
Sep 29, 2014 · Here’s a photo of Lucy Lambert Hale found on the body of John Wilkes Booth after his execution at Garrett’s farm and then hidden away for over 65 years.
When such a girl moves in high circles, she is bound to attract men whose names one day will mean something in history. Few in America’s past can match the record of Lucy Lambert Hale, the younger daughter of John P. Hale, one of New Hampshire’s Civil War senators. Lucy was born at Dover in 1842.
The horrified authorities recognized the society belle as the daughter of the new American ambassador to Spain and, as only Washington gossips knew, Booth’s secret fiancée: Lucy Lambert Hale. Someone ordered the pictures to be suppressed so tongues wouldn’t wag with the tale that Lucy Hale was engaged to a murderer!
