The New York Crowd

[John Stanton]

It is hard for me to believe that such a group existed, so I am reluctant to waste time and attempt to do a search. However, that Fernando Wood guy (Mayor of NYC) was involved with trying to get NYC to secede from The State and become an independent city, so that merchants would be able to deal directly with the Confederacy. That plan is known to have existed. It had to be a broad based plan with many people involved. Would it be of interest to all of us, to work together to use this forum as a repository for any and all info that we do know, to determine whether or not we should make a big push? As a starter; After Booth's attempt to abduct Lincoln failed, Booth took off for NYC, Mar. 17th +/-. Some say it was "Woman" problems, would that take a weeK? In this same time frame, Watson sent the Msg to Surratt to come "up here" and gave the Water Street address. Surratt didn't go. Then about Mar. 25, +/- Booth shows up in D.C. with Sarah Slater. (Thus linking Booth, Surratt, Slater, Watson to the Water Street address.). I'm begining to accept that Water Street was the HQ, of this Rebel Group. (Also a Demille (Spell?)
site.) Be carefull of Google, one author has written A Google story, and then used it as a cite for his conclusions. We would have to study the Copperhead movement, and the Mozart Hall "Crowd", and other political/industrial "machine" type organizations. This subject would take us all working together to unravel. Watcha think?