"Stump the Yankee"

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Stelnick also claimed that Booth used heroin and other opiates. I believe that he claimed that Booth bought these from the lead character in Dixie Reckoning, Philip Henson, while the latter was working in a general merchandise store. I remember Mr. Stelnick getting quite upset when I doubted that Booth was a true addict.

If Blue Mass and laudanum and other assorted remedies were so prevalent during the 19th century, and so widely used, our ancestors must have had serious mental and physical health problems as a result. No wonder we have continued to jump into one war after another!