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The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery
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- Creator
- Jeanne Winston Adler
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, [2011]
- ©2011
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- ix, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781438435473, 1438435495, 1438435479, 1441688870, 9781441688873, 9781438435497
- OCLC
- ocn710992758, ocn654814428
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-305) and index.
- Henrietta Robinson, spring 1852-spring 1853. River street -- May 25 -- The new prisoner -- John C. Mather, birth (1813)-spring 1853. Introducing John C. Mather -- Rise -- Trouble -- Pretrial, June 1853-April 1854. Contagion -- Long hot summer into fall -- Limbo time -- Trial, May 1854. Day one, officers of the court -- Day two, the doctors -- Day three, the veil -- Day four, bombshell -- Day five, some antebellum lore -- Day six, verdict -- The veiled murderess, June 1854-August 1855. Settled but not settled -- Breaking of the storm -- More Mather -- Trends -- Charlotte Wood -- Lively season -- "Admiral Pagnum's daughter" -- Angel of mercy -- Departure -- Irish answer, 1851 and the deeper past. Susan Gaynor -- Immigrants and others -- Later life and legend, September 1855- May 1905. The sing sing years -- Auburn -- Charlotte Doolittle Norris -- Finale -- Conclusion. What really happened