Printed July 1, 1865, Harper's Weekly-Titled "A facsimile of Booth's handwriting as found on a pane of glass in room 22 of the McHenry House, Meadville, PA". The story goes that a cleaning woman found an inscription that Booth was suppose to have written. It said "Abe Lincoln departed his life, April 13, 1864, from the effects of poison."