Booth at Canandaigua Lake-NY

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I thought the Canandaigua area was being kept rural and picturesque because of its natural draw as an artists' colony - left over from its heyday of the 19th century.

I'm with Betty on being a doubting Thomas about the use of a quill pen by JWB. I suspect he carried a pencil with him all the time in order to book engagements, etc. I don't doubt his being in that area, however, since there was a strong Copperhead group in that region of Western New York. Where does JWB Day by Day place Booth in the first quarter of 1865? Anywhere close to Canandaigua? Also, what's the date of the Dansville envelope? Does it coincide with one of Surratt's ventures into the area and/or Canada?