1865-05-20 Harper's Weekly Box 8, Folder 2

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Maurice Jacobs Baker Collection

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1865-05-20 Harper's Weekly Box 8, Folder 2

Item Data

Title: 1865-05-20 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Collection Number: MS 2015-180

Scope and Content: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dated May 20, 1865. The newspaper covers the events of the assassination, the planning of the Booth manhunt, the funeral ceremonies of President Lincoln, and the status of the war.

Language: English

Type of Resource: Text

Genre: Newspaper

Digital Origin: Reformatted Digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: assassination

Subject: Abraham Lincoln

Subject: Frank Leslie's Illustrated

Subject Name: Baker, L.B.

Subject Name: Baker, Luther Byron

Subject Name: Booth, John Wilkes

Inclusive Dates: May 20, 1865

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Baker, Luther Byron. Mustered in First Lieutenant/Quartermaster of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Regiment District of Columbia Cavalry. Mustered out of service as a Second Lieutenant/Regimental Quartermaster, 2nd Brigade, 1st Regiment District of Columbia Cavalry. Entered the Secret Service in 1865 under the command of his cousin, General Lafayette C. Baker, chief of the United States Secreet Service.

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