[HPforGrownups] McNair connection

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 107769

In a message dated 7/26/2004 10:54:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lisa at faistudio.com writes:
listening to the Audiobook "Hannibal" and 
something interesting came up. The author mentions something 
about the fact that the Abe Lincoln assassination conspirators 
were executed by hanging at Mt. McNair. 

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Sherrie here:

Actually, the  four who were hanged swung in the yard of the Old Capital 
Prison in Washington, DC, & at least one (Mary Surratt) was buried, at least 
temporarily, under the floor of the prison.  A photograph of the hanging can be 
found at http://www.geocities.com/trctl11/surratt5.jpg

The land where the prison once stood is now occupied by the Supreme Court 
building.  I can't find any reference to the land ever being referred to as "Mt. 
McNair".  Washington is a low-lying city - much of it is built on swampland, 
which was cheap - there aren't many "mounts" in the area.

Methinks someone needs to check his research...

Sherrie
"Unless history lives in our present, it has no future."
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