Clara Harris

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Clara Hamilton Harris (September 9, 1834 – December 24, 1883) was an American socialite. She and her then-fiancé, and future husband, Henry Rathbone, were the guests of President Abraham Lincoln on the night he was shot at Ford's Theatre. Rathbone's mental state deteriorated after the assassination, and in 1883, he murdered Harris.

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