Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

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(03-23-2017 07:45 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  If I remember correctly, Mary Surratt received a letter from John Surratt on April 14, 1865. The letter was postmarked Montreal and dated April 12th. Strangely, IMO, Mary told the authorities she could not find the letter. Is there any chance that the letter Mary "lost" contained information on John's April 14th location?

Do I remember it correctly Roger? Did John Surratt sent four letters from Canada; two to Anna Ward (according to some – John’s girlfriend) and two to his mother. Anna gave for some reason her letters (after reading) to Mary Surratt and Mary told Louis Weichmann of the existance of the letters (the last one dated St. Lawrence Hotel, Montreal, April 12th), but also said she didn’t know where the letters were. Anna Ward later expressed that she felt Mary had likely burned them so they couldn’t be used as evidence. If this all is true, it’s indeed very, very strange. It would have proven that John Surratt was not in Washington City at the time of the assassination.