Interesting Visit

[Susan Higginbotham]

Cameron's testimony at the John Surratt trial begins on p. 793 here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=HzwuAA...on&f=false

In Cameron's testimony at the St. Albans trial, he mentions "another messenger" bringing documents to Montreal, presumably Sarah Slater, but does not mention her name or any identifying information about the messenger. From the February 19, 1865, New York Times:

"I received the papers from Secretary Benjamin, Secretary of State, in the State Department, on the 4th of February: he affixed his signature to them in my presence; I did not part with them till I handed them to Mr. Abbott yesterday; the great seal of the Confederate States was affixed to them; Mr. Benjamin called my attention to the excellence of the impression; I volunteered to go for the prisoners; I carried a missive from Col. Thompson, who arranged with me about going, and supplied the funds; I called on Mr. Benjamin an hour after my arrival in Richmond, and was informed the requisite papers had been sent by another messenger the day before; he said everything had been sent necessary to establish their belligerent character and that they acted under orders; the following day I called on the President by appointment, and asked, in order to assure the safe delivery of the papers, if I might be entrusted with duplicates as a second messenger . . ."

http://www.nytimes.com/1865/02/19/news/s...wanted=all