1888-01-21 Baltimore American Newspaper Clipping A Chase After Booth Box 1, Folder 11

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1888-01-21 Baltimore American Newspaper Clipping A Chase After Booth Box 1, Folder 11

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Title: 1888-01-21 Baltimore American Newspaper Clipping A Chase After Booth

Collection Number: MS 2015-180

Scope and Content: Baltimore American newspaper clipping dated January 21, 1888. 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 story of the days after the assassination of President Lincoln.

Language: English

Type of Resource: Text

Genre: Newspaper

Digital Origin: Reformatted Digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: Booth Manhunt

Subject: Abraham Lincoln

County: Charles County

Subject Name: Baker, Luther Byron

Subject Name: Booth, John Wilkes

Subject Name: Baker, L.B.

Inclusive Dates: January 21, 1888

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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