Lewis Powell, member of the Lincoln assassination plot, 1865 (1955). Artist: Unknown
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Lewis Powell, member of the Lincoln assassination plot, 1865 (1955). Also known as Lewis Payne, Powell (1844-1865) was one of four people hanged for their involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to assassinate US Secretary of State William H Seward. Powell is pictured in irons on board the warship USS 'Saugus', where he was incarcerated after his capture. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.
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- Alexander Gardner: Scottish-born, American: Photographer, writer, author, photographic printer, publisher
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- Lewis Powell: American:
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- Mathew Brady: American: Photographer
- James D Horan: : Author
- Abraham Lincoln: American: President of USA, lawyer, statesman, politician
- William Henry Seward: American: politician, anti-slavery campaigner
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