1879-12-24 Lansing Republican Death of J. Wilkes Booth Box 1, Folder 11

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In Folder: Maurice Jacobs Baker Collection

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1879-12-24 Lansing Republican Death of J. Wilkes Booth Box 1, Folder 11

Item Data

Title: 1879-12-24 Lansing Republican Newspaper Clipping of the Death of John Wilkes Booth

Collection Number: MS 2015-180

Scope and Content: Lansing Republican newspaper clipping dated December 24, 1879. The clipping is in a scrapbook of other articles composed by Luther Byron Baker, who used an old Auditor's General book. The article recounts the history of the manhunt from Lt. L.B. Baker.

Language: English

Type of Resource: Text

Genre: Newspaper Clipping

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: Abraham Lincoln

Subject: assassination

Subject: manhunt

Subject: Booth Manhunt

Subject Name: Baker, L.B.

Subject Name: Baker, Luther Byron

Subject Name: Booth, John Wilkes

Inclusive Dates: December 24, 1879

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 Regiement 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 Secret Service.

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