Could John Have Spared Mary

[Laurie Verge]

Referring back to the first excerpt from Harris's book (page 193) quoted by Jim above: Sorry, but here's another family story. As I have said earlier, my great-grandparents, Eli and Laura Huntt, knew Mrs. Surratt; and one of the hand-me-down stories was that Eli had seen her on at least one trip that she made to the blacksmith in T.B. where she was cursing and damning the black-hearted Lincoln and wishing someone would get him.

That would not have been an atypical comment in Southern Maryland, of course, but it was a tad improper for a "lady" of that time to be expressing such thoughts.