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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Albumen of Lewis Payne]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07738.01 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 27 April 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen ; 31 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed on verso: "Lewis Payne Conspirator. Hanged."
Photograph shows Payne (also known as Lewis Powell) in wrist irons aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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