Passport to Mackinac

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Clara Peck Waite Caulfield

Clara Peck's first husband (Dr. Arthur Warren Waite) murdered her wealthy parents, John Edward Peck and Hannah Carpenter Peck, and was executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York.  How does one recover from that trauma? What happened to her?

Passport Photo At FamilySearch

She (Clara) remarried, had two sons and a daughter, took a trip around the world (hence the passport picture), moved to California, and died, as a widow, at her son's residence in Seattle.  She was buried in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Clara's memorial at FindAGrave.

Surratt Known As John Watson In Canada

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"The intense public emotion once stirred up by the unearthing of Booth and his infamous confederates in the President's murder, is now echoed, after so long an interval, by the discovery and seizure of John H. Surratt."

"The adventures of Surratt, his flight, his wanderings, his devices, his discovery, his capture, his bold escape, his second flight and final capture--all these (since truth is stranger than fiction) form a story exciting enough for the most greedy sensationalist."

Surratt's pseudonyms included Harrison, McCarty or McCarthy, and Watson.

The former Confederate spy was discovered in Italy under the name of John Watson in April of 1866.

An entry from the Archives of Canada:

"...information relative to a Canadian passport for John Watson, which was found in the possession of John H. Surratt, charged with the murder of Lincoln."

Information About Loyalists In Florida

Card Descriptions of items in the University Of Florida [Micro]Film:

Date Reel # July 18, 1785 89   79 49

Vizente Manuel de Zespedes to Thomas Brown

2p. Embarkation of Loyalists.

Another Link About Embarkation here

Date Reel # March 3, 1785 16 doc 49-doc-pages 136 7 St. Augustine)
Col. Thomas Brown to Conde de Galvez (translated copy)
Request permission to visit Havana and meet Galvez prior to Brown's return to England.

Date Reel # July 10, 1785 89 6 49
Thomas Brown to Manuel Zespedes
4p. His arrival at St. Mary's; expression of friendship.


Date Reel # August 3, 1787 8 - 2 Florida
Vicente Manuel de Zespedes to Josef Espeleta (draft)
Memo enclosing letter and passport issued by Diego de Gardoqui and passport issued by Governor of Trinidad for one Thomas Brown, Englishman, to go to Cuba.

Another card including Thomas Brown: Thomas Brown, Hillsborough Inlet; Carlos Brown

Maxwell M. Fisher

Maxwell M. Fisher was born in Somerville, Brunswick, New Jersey, on October 10, 1824.

Census  1860 [Fold3]

6th Ward City Of Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

M M Fisher M 40 New Jersey

Emily A Fisher F 40 Rhode Island

*J B Wright M 16 Michigan

U C Fisher M 14 Michigan

Emma Fisher F 11 Michigan

Kate Buffum F 22 Vermont

Frances Buffum F 19 New Hampshire

In July of 1889 his passport application indicated that he was a capitalist whose permanent residence was Detroit, Michigan.  He asked that his passport be mailed to the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City.

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Also listed on the July 3, 1889, passport application was his wife, Mary Adelaide Fisher, who was born at Pokagon, Michigan, on March 25, 1861.

United States Census, 1900

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Maxwell M Fischer Head M 76 New Jersey

Mary A Fischer Wife F 39 Michigan

Hattie Thornback Servant F 28 Canada E

Annie Newman Servant F 30 Sweden

George Hood Servant M 31 Canada E

An article about Mr. Fisher's unhappy California honeymoon (married 14 Feb 1886) and subsequent divorce from Mrs. John J. (Frances A. - Ames?) Garrison was found here in the 7 November 1888 edition of the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette (seen at Fold3).  A breach of promise of marriage suit was initiated by a widow, Mrs. Nellie Goodwill, with whom Mr. Fisher was boarding after his separation from his wife, 

Photos of Maxwell M. Fisher's homes here.

The widowed Mrs. Mary A. (Jenks) Fisher died in Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, on 29 December 1927.

His name associated with the *Jonathan B. Wright spendthrift case .

Manson F. Backus Passport Application

Manson F. Backus was the son of my Laura (Backus) Richmond's half-brother, Clinton T. Backus.  Manson was a successful banker in Seattle.  He was also active in the Mayflower Descendants Society.  We share the Mayflower lineage.

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