Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] Bob wins
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Fri Sep 21 07:57:41 2007
References: <46F3D093.1040304@waltjohnson.com>

At 10:09 AM 9/21/2007, Walt Johnson wrote:
 >Bob had the answer nailed down right away.I'm trying to locate my great
 >granddad's money stash so I can  send him his winnings. Lewis Powell was
 >trying to kill V.P. Seward while Boothe busied himself with Lincoln.  It
 >seems as if Seward had involved himself in a buggy accident that day and
 >his neck brace saved his life.. This old cemetery in Geneva is full of
 >folks with Southern sympathies and the Confederate flags were visible
 >everywhere. :-) .Strange thing, both Powell and Seward were from Florida
 >but on opposing sides in the war.

Walt

I'm a bit baffled.  This Lewis Powell seems to 
have been from the State of Florida despite his 
prominent Richmond, Virginia, name.  William H 
Seward was born in Florida, New York, and was a lifelong New York resident.

Marc



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