Wow -- what a treasure on last night's show!!
The Antiques Roadshow had a guy on with an amazing collection of papers that were related to McKinley's assassination!
Apparently a box had been left in the attic of a home that had once been owned by the son of John Wilkie, who was head of the Secret Service when McKinley was shot. Wilkie had asked each agent at the scene of the assassination to write out their recollections of what happened that day, and all of those letters were in that box!
First person accounts of the assassination! Amazing!!
Also, there was a handwritten letter warning President Roosevelt that there was a plot to kill him at the opera house. The letter was postmarked January 24, 1903 in CANTON OHIO.
Guess who came to town on January 27, 1903 to be the guest speaker at a McKinley birthday banquet at the Grand Opera House in Canton?
You got it! President Roosevelt!
I contacted the Roadshow this morning to see if they could help put us in touch with the owner of these amazing papers. We would absolutely love to get a look at them!
This just goes to show that after over 100 years, there are still some amazing McKinley-related materials still out there!!!
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