Booth in Boston April 1865

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(02-07-2017 01:28 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  The lady's "dismal spirits" might have been related to her mission and not to her relationship, whatever it was, with Booth.

This could be, Susan. Also, the news coming from Richmond could have made her this way if she were a courier.

Is it totally out of the question that the female companion was Sarah Slater? Art Loux says that Sarah Slater and John Surratt traveled to New York on April 4. Was there time for her to arrive in New York and then leave with JWB at 4 P.M. on the Empire State to travel to Newport?