Edward P. Doherty

[L Verge]

(01-08-2016 05:48 PM)jabalong Wrote:  

(12-19-2015 11:35 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Got your message and will happily check for those articles from yesteryear in the newsletter of the Surratt Society. More later.

Thanks for your help Laurie!

I just received the PDFs of the Doherty articles, which are the following in case anyone else wants to know (now or down the road):

Quote:Joan L. Chaconas, "President's message", Surratt Courier, Vol XIV, No.1 (Jan 1989)

Steven G. Miller, "More on Capt. Doherty...", Surratt Courier, Vol XV, No.9 (Sep 1990)

I can confirm that it's the Miller article that has these points about Doherty's early life that were mentioned at the beginning of this thread:

Quote:He was educated in Montreal, studying mostly in commercial schools. In 1857 he graduated from St. Hyacinth College. Immediately thereafter he began to study law with a Canadian firm. In 1859 he moved to Boston where he worked for a large dry goods establishment until the Civil War broke out.

I don't think that I've seen some of these details anywhere else and this is some of the crucial information for me in terms of piecing together what I'm working on with his relatives in this period.

As such, I'd like to contact Steven Miller to find out his sources on this and what else he might know.

Does anyone have contact info for him?

I have not been in contact with Mr. Miller for about four years, but I did recommend him to write a chapter on the Garrett Farm Patrol for a new book that should be out on The Lincoln Assassination Riddle this spring. I'll PM you an old email address that I hope still works.