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They could be one in the same. The reason being that John Wilkes Booth did perform on showboats and if he worked on a riverboat, he might have needed a licence. John Wilkes Booth according to Historians put in over 50,000 miles of travel per year performing both in the North and South. He had a "no search" pass so he was allowed to travel across Union lines without a search. That included anyone who was with him in the production.
Government procurement officers on both sides were contracting for his services. That is my interest. CSA Col Abraham Charles Myers, the chief procurement officer for all CSA forces, was in charge of entertainment procurement amoung other things. Although, he specialized in shoes and medical supplies. John Wilkes Booth did not travel light. Most of his Shakespeare productions took trunks of costumes and other performers. The only way he could get tons of stage supplies and people to their destination was by riverboat. Those tons might have also included shoes and medical supplies.
He might have found it convenient to have a riverboat Captions licence.
I have a record of that licence if you email me off line.
It listed as J Wilkes Booth. I understand he went by J Wilkes Booth before he shot Abraham Lincoln.
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