Thomas F. Harney

[Susan Higginbotham]

(07-27-2015 11:35 PM)SSlater Wrote:  First I want to make you laugh. There is an old story about the lady who was in an accident. She called her lawyer, and his advice to her was "Don't say a word, and I'll have two eye-witnesses over there in 5 minutes. " In this case he sent 13. LOL
Surratt in Montreal, in early April was tugged in two directions, at the same time. First there was E. G. Lee who ordered him to Elmira and there was Booth who ordered him to Washington. No matter who asked first, Lee had the most "weight". By going to Elmira, he also had the company of Sarah. He had been hand in hand with her since March 25, in Washington. Shortly after their return, Lee wrote in his diary (Which I don't have), that he called Sarah in and told her to "Go home!", "that this is not the man for you". This timing, matches up exactly, with her relocation to New York City and her cohabitating with her husband, Rowan. (All dates are confirmed in her divorce papers.) Incidentally, she initiated the divorce proceedings, in May 65, with Rowan as the culprit, for cohabitating elsewhere.

Are you referring to the "Miss Young" mentioned in Lee's diary (which I have)? If so, I doubt she's Sarah, because Miss Young didn't leave Canada until August 25, 1865. Surratt had taken Miss Young to the theater earlier in August.

I'm happy to send a PDF of the diary (missing one page which I overlooked in the scanning process) to anyone who's interested. It's held at Duke University.