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07-09-2012, 07:42 AM, (This post was last modified: 07-09-2012, 08:15 AM by BettyO.)
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Conspirators on the "Hot Seat"
In lieu of extremely high temperatures along the entire east coast (and some of the mid-west as well) I thought of how hot it must have gotten in the Courtroom in June of 1865. It was said to be extremely uncomfortable for spectators, conspirators and commission alike...

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It has also been noted that while the commission had a charcoal filtered metal water cooler, the conspirators were passed a "communal" tin bowl of water to drink out of....
Another report on the heat - this time in mid-May, which mentions the "thirsty conspirators" -

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Another report from the National Daily Republican for June 6, 1865 states that Powell had wet his handkerchief with water and tied it around his neck to cool off - i.e. an apparent early "ice pack"!
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by BettyO - 07-09-2012, 07:42 AM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by HerbS - 07-09-2012, 10:39 AM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by BettyO - 07-09-2012, 11:01 AM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by jonathan - 07-09-2012, 10:57 AM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by L Verge - 07-09-2012, 07:20 PM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by BettyO - 07-09-2012, 07:34 PM
RE: Conspirators on the "Hot Seat" - by BettyO - 07-14-2012, 10:07 AM

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