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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roaring20s, post: 3922602, member: 17270&quot;]… via a receipt. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>I thought I&#039;d share this, since OakandThistle posted the Lincoln photo.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]321885[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p>This receipt lists items loaned to the museum by Luther Byron Baker to the newly formed Minnesota Military Museum, Lansing, Michigan. </p><p><br /></p><p>Detective Lieutenant Luther Byron Baker spearheaded the hunt for John Wilkes Booth, under orders from his cousin Colonel LaFayette Curry Baker, who headed the National Detective Police.</p><p><br /></p><p>The item of note is Baker’s own cup, used to provide Booth with is last sips of water as he lay dying at Garrett’s farm, Virginia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I created this shadow box to house it and illustrate the events to that end. </p><p><br /></p><p>Baker is pictured, seated on his horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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