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Mary E. Surratt

(Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865)

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Mary Elizabeth Surratt (née Jenkins; 1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Sentenced to death, she was hanged and became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government. She maintained her innocence until her death, and the case against her was and remains controversial. Surratt was the mother of John Surratt, who was later tried in the conspiracy, but was not convicted. (From Wikipedia)

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American Bastile: A History of the Arbitrary Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States, on Account of Their Political Opinions, During the Late Civil War, Together With a Full Report of the Illegal Trial and Execution of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, by a Military Commission, and a Review of the Testimony, Showing Her Entire Innocence (26th thousand; Philadelphia: T. W. Hartley, 1884), by John A. Marshall (multiple formats at archive.org)

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The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President, and the Attempt To Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of Its Principal Officers (3 volumes; Boston: J. E. Tilton and Co., 1865-1866), ed. by Benjamin Perley Poore

7 additional books about Mary E. Surratt in the extended shelves:

The judicial murder of Mary E. Surratt (John Murphy & Co., 1895), by David Miller DeWitt (page images at HathiTrust)
The case for Mrs. Surratt (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1943), by Helen Jones Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
Some incidents in the trial of President Lincoln's assassins. The controversy between President Johnson and Judge Holt. (Printed for the Commandery of the State of New York by D. Appleton, 1891), by Henry L. Burnett and Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. New York Commandery (page images at HathiTrust)
Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt, from the foul slanders of traitors, their aiders, abettors, and sympathizers, acting in the interest of Jefferson Davis. ([Washington, 1866), by Joseph Holt (page images at HathiTrust)
Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt, from the foul slanders of traitors, their aiders, abettors, and sympathizers, acting in the interest of Jefferson Davis. ([Washington, 1866), by Joseph Holt and Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
The great conspiracy. A book of absorbing interest! Startling developments. Eminent persons implicated. Full secret of the assassination plot. John H. Surratt and his mother. With biographical sketches of J. B. Booth and John Wilkes, and the life and extraordinary adventures of John H. Surratt, the conspirator. (Barclay & co., 1866), by Barclay & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
An argument to establish the illegality of military commissions in the United States, and especially of the one organized for the trial of the parties charged with conspiring to assassinate the late President, and others, presented to that commission, on Monday, the 19th of June, 1865 (Printed by J. Murphy & co., 1865), by Reverdy Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

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Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865: The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators (Funk & Wagnalls, 1954), also by David E. Herold, Philip Van Doren Stern, Benn Pitman, Samuel Alexander Mudd, and United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865: The assassination of President Lincoln : and the trial of the conspirators David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin (Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865), also by David E. Herold, Benn Pitman, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel Arnold, Samuel Alexander Mudd, Edward Spangler, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, and United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865: The conspiracy trial for the murder of the president, and the attempt to overthrow the government by the assassination of its principal officers. (J.E. Tilton and Company, 1865), also by David E. Herold, Benjamin Perley Poore, Samuel Alexander Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Edward Spangler, Michael O'Laughlin, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, and United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)

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