Booth's crutch

[Rsmyth]

Yes, according to the sound clip Dave posted, Ms. Maude had the plate made at a jewelers in Richmond. I agree with Jim. I think the plate is now considered historic and adds to the value and provenance.

[L Verge]

I love your description Laurie of shaking hands with history. Many of us have been fortunate enough to have known wonderful people just one step away from the Civil War era.

I was thinking about these lines last night while I was talking with my wife, and we started talking about the idea of "Six degrees of separation." Then I brought up the subject of the last time I shook hands with John Lattimer, and I was wondering where his hands had been. Then she told me to change the subject.
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Love it! Not to get too basic, but... Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, and Herbert Hoover were patients of Dr. L, I belive.

[BettyO]

Dr Lattimer also told me that he also had Katheryn Hepburn as a patient.

Hepburn's mother was a Powell from Alexandria, Virginia and distantly related to Lew Powell's father.