Lewis Powell's Personal Effects

[BettyO]

In going over the Personal Effects listed in Hartranft's Letter Books - I've noticed one thing - Hartranft lists the personal effects of Mrs. Surratt, Herold and Atzerodt. Powell is not mentioned. We know that Powell had given his pen knife to Eckert after offering it to Doster, who refused the gift. What became of the little knife? Also, Powell had given Gillette his Bible and a "few other things." Were these articles given to Powell early at his request in order to give them to Gillette? Why were the other conspirator's effects held or listed in the Letter Book and not Powell's? Obviously Hartranft had Powell's effects as well, so why not list them? Certainly Lew Powell didn't have a box in his cell in which to "store" his personal effects!

What do you all think regarding this? Did Eckert get all of the effects? According to one report, as late as 1908, Lew Powell's slouch hat was housed in the Office of the Adjutant General.....

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(Scan, Steers, Edward, Jr. and Holzer, Harold, The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft, Louisiana State University Press, 2009)