Quick questions about courtroom and charge

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(09-28-2017 10:03 AM)Marty L. Wrote:  Thanks, Laurie. Yes, Col. Borch reports that "Holt (probably in concert with Stanton) personally selected the nine Union officers"--I'm just trying to find some documentary evidence of that assertion, which is often made. (The Turner chapter of the Trial does not say anything about it.)

As for the courtroom, I'm confident Betty is correct about the dimensions of the current re-creation--but is there reliable evidence anywhere that those were the dimensions in 1865? (It does seem roughly consistent with the "artist's renderings" that I've seen.)

Our contact with the "courtroom" at McNair is a very nice lady named Leah (Betty, please supply the last name and a contact number). She may not have the full restoration details in her desk drawer, but I bet she can put you in touch with the restoration architect(s) or others who did the work.

If they went to bare bones behind the wall, they should be able to give dimensions based on aged wood. A Booth escape stop that is undergoing restoration (Rich Hill, home of Samuel Cox) was recently determined to be decades older than originally thought once the true skeleton of the structure was uncovered.