Fright Night at the Museum

[BettyO]

(10-12-2012 02:36 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  One of my prize possessions is a very skinny book titled While Lincoln Laying Dying: A Facsimile Reproduction of the First Testimony Taken in Connection with the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as Recorded by Corporal James Tanner. The book was published in 1968 by The Union League of Philadelphia. It has an introduction by Maxwell Whiteman and is signed by that gentleman.

I have totally forgotten how I acquired this book. Does anyone else have a signed copy by Maxwell Whiteman? If so, do you remember how you acquired it?

Roger - I, too have a copy of this book. I LOVE it! I bought mine at a local antique book store years ago!

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Working at Surratt House years ago, myself and another docent had a very strange experience one evening. It was late fall and getting dark early. We had a similar experience. We heard what sounded like footsteps upstairs coming down the steps and then smelled a heavy smell of cigar smoke. We went upstairs (I'm NOT afraid of these things) - and checked it out. Nothing. The house was totally locked....absolutely nothing. We never figured it out. I think it was the ghost of old man Surratt or either John Lloyd. I've always had a soft spot for Lloyd - don't know why. I think he was really a character.

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I'm wondering if there are any ghost stories connected to "My Boy", Lewis Powell? Or does anyone do any "reenactments/living history" regarding him.... there is a gentleman who plays Davey Herold at Congressional Cemetery on tours!