Lewis Powell [alias Lewis Payne], April 27, 1865, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 22.4 × 17.4 cm (8 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.), Photographs, Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.), At roughly the same time that John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, Lewis Paine attempted unsuccessfully to murder Secretary of State William Seward. The son of a Baptist minister from Alabama, Paine (alias Wood, alias Hall, alias Powell) was one of at least five conspirators who planned with Booth the simultaneous assassinations of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Seward
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Lewis Powell, alias Lewis Payne, April 27, 1865, Albumen silver print, glass negative, 22.4, 17.4 cm, 8 13/16, 6 7/8, Photographs, Alexander Gardner, American, Glasgow, Scotland, 1821–1882, Washington, D.C., roughly, time, John Wilkes, Booth, shot, President, Lincoln, Paine, attempted, unsuccessfully, murder Secretary, State William, Seward, son, Baptist minister, Alabama, Paine, Wood, Hall, five conspirators, planned, simultaneous assassinations, Vice President, Andrew, Johnson
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