Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

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Thank you for not crowning me with a spit as my prize! P.S. I think the Surratt Courier may have carried this story many long years ago in dealing with the aborted kidnapping.

The book where I saw the story was Stanley Kimmel's The Mad Booths of Maryland.

What about an umbrella (or period parasol)?

I should have thought of that!

Kimmel also wrote Mr. Lincoln's City, so it might be mentioned in that also. Ooops. Just read Eva's post, and she is correct about Kimmel's title.