Awww...Peanuts

[Susan Higginbotham]

(07-08-2014 03:02 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Bless you, Susan! I believe you have pretty much dispelled the theory of Peanuts being the son of Dr. Borrows. That claim has bothered me for a decade or more.

BTW, folks - Susan mentioned Nora Fitzpatrick Whelan in her above posting. That would be the young lady who boarded at the Surratt home on H Street, and Susan has done extensive research on Nora for a long article that I hope to run in a fall issue of the Surratt Courier.

I wonder if the Borrows house at St. E's still exists? A good portion of that historic property has been turned over to Homeland Security, so who knows how much of its history will be spared.

Thanks, Laurie!

Borrows Cottage (which became spelled as Burroughs Cottage over the years) does still exist, and I think it is protected as a landmark. All I can say is "Some cottage!"

http://research.archives.gov/description/5664479

How old was Peanuts supposed to be in 1865?