Surratt House Servants

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Mule SHOER, heck! Bill's as stubborn as any mule God ever created - and he can kick like one too... And he will take that as a compliment because he gets great joy out of watching people's reactions to him. And I say that with love and respect. I get mad at him because he loves to throw fiction into what would otherwise be wonderful historical writing. Get him talking seriously about historical events, and his knowledge will blow you away.

Changing the subject back to Susan Jackson -- I have often wondered where Susan would have slept in the boardinghouse. It seems to me that every square inch was taken up between family members and the boarders. The Holahans alone were four people, add Honora Fitzpatrick, Apollonia Dean, Weichmann, niece Olivia Jenkins frequently visiting, etc., and the only space that I can fathom would be in the kitchen itself -- which was in the rear of what was essentially the English basement of the house (and away from the normal traffic flow).