Surratt Courier

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(03-10-2014 03:02 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Isn't that a great article? This forum and the Surratt Society are blessed with such knowledgeable people - and ones who know how to tell their stories in a well-written manner. Thank you, Reignette, you make my life so much easier. It has not been easy to keep the newsletter going every month for 39 years.

Stay tuned for April's issue, which will have an article about a little-known confrontation with John Wilkes Booth written by forum member Wesley Harris.

Laurie and Roger,

Thanks for the compliments; your encouraging words mean a lot - trust me. There's more to the story and I plan on "telling it all" when I publish my "little book" about the greatcoat.
Thanks again everyone,
Reignette

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(03-10-2014 04:02 PM)Rsmyth Wrote:  I really enjoyed Reignette's article. The Donn family and the CHS both stood by their coats for many years before the museum did the right thing.

Rich,

Burke Davis, who wrote the column, "Convention Notebook," for the Greensboro Daily News, noted that Paul Angle called the CHS coat a "phony." In Davis's 1956 column, Angle said, "I concluded the coat was a phony and quietly hid it away."

Interestingly, I've contacted the CHS with the request to see the coat but to no success.

RC