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When did Powell's description get reported?

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When did Powell's description get reported?
08-19-2014, 01:26 PM,
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RE: When did Powell's description get reported?
Hello, Susan -

The reward poster with Powell's description was put out on April 16, 1865.

   

I would think that either Weichmann read it in the papers or happened to see one of these posters on the 16th. Granted, this was also a day before Powell was apprehended on the night of the 17th.
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RE: When did Powell's description get reported? - by BettyO - 08-19-2014, 01:26 PM

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