"Alias Paine"

[Linda Anderson]

(01-29-2013 10:52 AM)Gene C Wrote:  [quote='Linda Anderson' pid='11970' dateline='1359472920']
Atzerodt said in his statement to Prov. Marshall McPhail on May 1, 1865 that Booth had "visited a chambermaid at Seward's house and that she was pretty."

"Do we know who she is and is there a picture of her?"

Margaret Coleman is the chambermaid who is suspected of flirting with Booth. I found out recently that she may be actually 20 years older than what was recorded in the census so that would have made her about 50 years old in 1865. Here is the piazza picture which was more than likely taken in 1866. Thanks to Betty for telling me that the servants are on the right side of the pillar. There is a young female servant and an older one. I'm guessing the older servant is Margaret Coleman.



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Here is a picture of Margaret Coleman when she is older. See any similarities?

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