Interesting Visit

[SSlater]

(05-09-2017 04:03 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 12:09 AM)SSlater Wrote:  I have asked for Pictures. They have not offered Pictures of Sarah,

In the past we have discussed the picture of the lady on p. 376 in John Headley's "Confederate Operations in Canada and New York."

The question is whether or not the lady pictured there is Sarah Slater. Has anyone found any more information to confirm or refute whether or not it's Sarah?

John, as I recall, you believe it is Sarah. Have you found any additional information? I would love to know if it's she.

Justification that the Picture in "Headley" is Sarah Slater.
John W. Headley writes in his Book , described above , that "A lady" carried the request from the Saint Albans Raiders to Richmond asking for documentation that showed that they were an organized military group acting under orders from the Confederate Government while conducting a raid on St. Albans , Vermont. Not one of them remembered her name, nor did any of the Confederate Commissioners in Canada.

In 1906, when Headley was preparing to publish his book, one of the Raiders was able to provide a picture of the Lady, that he secured from the Police at the Jail in Canada. Again. no one remembered her name. Recognition by the Police is critical to identifying the unnamed Lady. They were not deceived by "Long, black, face hiding, "Widow veils" - they saw and can identify ".... the lady who assisted the Prisoners." But they didn't know her name.

This ease at identifying "the Lady" is shared by the prisoners. They saw her often and regularly, over a period of time, when her features were not hidden.

In 1906, their memory was vivid, of the Lady that "helped them stay alive." They never would have allowed that honor be provided to an undeserving individual. The Raiders all agreed "The lady in the picture is the Lady that secured the documents that set them free."

Completely independent of this documentation, the Rev. Stephen Cameron, who was in Canada during their trial, and who also traveled to Richmond to secure the same evidence that "The Lady'' searched for, followed the Lady to Richmond, on a different time schedule and most likely by another route. They obviously did not join together in Richmond -otherwise there never would have be two issues of the same documents.

Each, again, moved on separate departure dates and by separate routes. Surprisingly, their separate return routes resulted in their arrival in Canada on the same date. We are all aware that the information provided to the Court was effective and the Raiders were freed.

This documentation shows that the Raiders knew "The Lady" by sight, without knowing her name. And that the Rev. Cameron knew of her contributions as a Currier, and he knew her name.

The Rev. Cameron had an intensive, long term contact with Sarah A. Slater, beginning in Richmond in the fall of 1864, when he escorted her from Richmond to Canada, as she began her new assignment as a Confederate Agent.

The Police in Canada and the Confederate Prisoners say "The Picture" is the Lady who attended to the Prisoners. Rev Cameron says that the Lady in the picture, who traveled to Richmond, is Sarah Slater