Mrs. Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator

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History & Genealogy

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Adult
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Join local author Bob O'Connor as he shares the story of Mrs. Slater, a friend of John Surratt, Jr., acquaintance of John Wilkes Booth, and boarder at the Surratt Boarding House. She was also known as a courier taking messages from Richmond to the Confederate Secret Service in Montreal, Canada. She then disappeared along with $400,000 from the Confederate bank account. Coincidence or conspiracy?