Talk:Mary Surratt
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Dates differ from this Find-A-Grave entry. Lincher 18:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I believe the Find a Grave date of birth is incorrect. The article has too much information about the other conspirators, and other events that are on the periphery of the Mary Surratt story. I intend to copy edit the article and remove some of it. I will wait for a few days for others to weigh in, before I do so. Dr. Dan 18:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Distance from Washington
I'm curious about the distance from Washington mentioned in the "Lincoln assassination connection" section of the article. The article states a crossroads known as Surrattsville, thirteen miles (19 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. Was the thirteen miles determined by the distance travelled on roads that existed in 1865? Following today's most direct route (Woodyard Road to Branch Avenue, Branch Avenue to the DC Line), this crossroad is only 8.2 miles from the Washington/Maryland border. Straight line, it is 6.7 miles. I believe the crossroads in question is the present day intersection of Woodyard Rd/Piscataway Rd and Old Branch Ave/Brandywine Rd in Clinton, MD (which is very close to the Surratts Tavern). I was raised in Clinton, MD and went to Surrattsville High School, so I know this intersection very well and know it is not thirteen miles from DC. BucsWeb (talk) 01:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
