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08-01-2018, 02:37 PM
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RE: Derringer
According to Philip Henson's 1887 authorized biography, he moved to a farm a few months away from Corinth, Mississippi:

https://archive.org/stream/philiphensons...0/mode/2up

I found Philip Henson in the 1870 census in Alcorn County, Mississippi (near Corinth) with a wife and two children (aged 8 and 5).

I also found Philip Henson as a witness in several Southern Claims Commission applications dating from 1871 - 1877 with his residence being listed in/near Corinth and his occupation as farmer. Apparently, his service to the Union made him a good witness to the character of applicants. This Unionist farmer near Corinth matches the description Henson gives of himself in his book.

I don't see how it's possible he could be a "Secret Service agent" working for President Grant secretly investigating the Lincoln assassination while also being a small farmer in rural Mississippi and frequently testifying on neighbors/friends behalf in Mississippi. Am I missing something here? If the "Philip Henson papers" do exist, why do they contradict both the account he gave during his lifetime and the records of his whereabouts. So, I don't see how the story of Henson giving Booth the derringer is credible, he didn't mention it in his 1887 account - even to just bemoan it!
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Derringer - AussieMick - 07-22-2018, 03:59 AM
RE: Derringer - L Verge - 07-22-2018, 08:47 AM
RE: Derringer - Gene C - 07-23-2018, 06:31 AM
RE: Derringer - AussieMick - 07-23-2018, 07:40 AM
RE: Derringer - Wesley Harris - 07-28-2018, 03:03 PM
RE: Derringer - AussieMick - 07-29-2018, 07:27 AM
RE: Derringer - LincolnMan - 07-29-2018, 09:54 AM
RE: Derringer - RJNorton - 07-29-2018, 02:05 PM
RE: Derringer - Wesley Harris - 07-29-2018, 04:13 PM
RE: Derringer - AussieMick - 07-29-2018, 06:17 PM
RE: Derringer - L Verge - 07-29-2018, 07:04 PM
RE: Derringer - Steve - 07-30-2018, 05:55 PM
RE: Derringer - Eva Elisabeth - 07-30-2018, 05:11 PM
RE: Derringer - L Verge - 07-30-2018, 05:37 PM
RE: Derringer - LincolnMan - 07-31-2018, 05:06 AM
RE: Derringer - Wild Bill - 07-31-2018, 05:31 AM
RE: Derringer - Wesley Harris - 07-31-2018, 06:23 PM
RE: Derringer - Gene C - 07-31-2018, 06:36 AM
RE: Derringer - RJNorton - 07-31-2018, 06:56 AM
RE: Derringer - LincolnMan - 07-31-2018, 10:53 AM
RE: Derringer - RJNorton - 07-31-2018, 11:17 AM
RE: Derringer - Wild Bill - 07-31-2018, 11:56 AM
RE: Derringer - Steve - 07-31-2018, 06:58 PM
RE: Derringer - Steve - 08-01-2018 02:37 PM
RE: Derringer - Gene C - 07-31-2018, 01:48 PM
RE: Derringer - L Verge - 07-31-2018, 02:11 PM
RE: Derringer - RJNorton - 07-31-2018, 02:44 PM
RE: Derringer - RJNorton - 08-01-2018, 02:48 PM
RE: Derringer - Steve - 08-01-2018, 05:30 PM
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