Booth in Boston April 1865

[Susan Higginbotham]

Another possibility is that the lady who accompanied Booth to Newport was not a lover, but someone doing business for the Confederacy. We do know from Atzerodt that Mrs. Slater traveled with Booth a great deal, so perhaps other female couriers did as well. The lady's "dismal spirits" might have been related to her mission and not to her relationship, whatever it was, with Booth.