Booth in Boston April 1865

[L Verge]

I find Susan's and Dave's speculations much more plausible than others, and I say that based on the prevailing social standards of the day. A "lady" may be promiscuous, but a "proper" lady did not openly publicize it; and for any of us to further paint Lucy's sister with the same brush because she accompanied Booth, McCullough, and Lucy is unfair. Chaperones were almost required "baggage" in the earlier days when a young lady and gent were out in public. Not sure of the spelling, but the term for such was something pronounced like doo-ay-na.