The Surratt Tavern

The Tavern is down the road a bit from Dr. Mudd's house and this is where Booth stopped to pick up some weapons and supplies.  If you've seen the movie The Conspirator you'll know the name of Mary Surratt.  So of course, the take here is well, how involved was she in the conspiracy?  Yes, most the meetings were held in her boarding house back in DC but did she have anything to do with the assassination part of it.

 That twisted thing is how they stored tobacco for pipes and the brownie looking things are chewing tobacco. The tavern would supply the pipe bases there on the premises.  People would bring in their own stick (the long metal stick) to put into the base.

 The rope bed is where the term "sleep tight" came from as they would twist the ropes to make the bed firmer.

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