Subject: Booth family

Birth certificate of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., son of Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Booth. The certificate, dated February 21, 1822, is an affidavit signed by Junius Brutus Booth and notes that the child was born December 21, 1821, on Clifford Street, Charleston, South Carolina, at the dwelling of Mr. Solomon Moses, Jr. The document is significant due to the involvement of Solomon Moses, Jr., a prominent Charleston resident and slave trader.