 During the speech, Lincoln stated that he was in favor of granting suffrage to the former slaves; infuriated, Booth declared that it would be the last speech that Lincoln would ever make.On the morning of Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Booth went to Ford's Theatre to get his mail.While there, he was told by John Ford's brother that the President and Mrs. Lincoln would be attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre that evening, accompanied by Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant.