Richard H. Garrett : Report ... the Petition of Richard H. Garrett for Compensation for Barn and Other Property Burned at Caroline County, Virginia, in Capturing J. Wilkes Booth and D.C. Harold, Two of the Assassins of President Lincoln, in April, 1865 ...

Creator Display

United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims.

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Description

Garrett was the owner of Garrett's Barn in Virginia, where John Wilkes Booth was shot in 1865. His claim for compensation for the loss of the barn was not supported by the Committee.

Donor

Williams, Frank J.; Williams, Virginia

Date

1874

Measurement Display

8 pages; 23 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination; Garrett, Richard H.; Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.; Herold, David E., 1842-1865.

Work Type

pamphlet

Class

ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Item Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights Management

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Series

43d Cong., 1st sess. House. Report, no. 743

Related Works

Monaghan 934; not in Stern.

Digital ID#

E457.5 .U55 1874

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

[Washington]: [Government Printing Office]

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.