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The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / Jeanne Winston Adler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adler, Jeanne Winston, 1946-
- Series:
- Excelsior Editions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robinson, Henrietta, 1827-.
- Robinson, Henrietta.
- Murder--New York (State)--Troy.
- Murder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An account of a mysterious murder committed in nineteenth-century Troy, New York, and the sensational trial that ensued.
- Contents:
- Intro
- THE AFFAIR OF THE VEILED MURDERESS
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION:TROY, NEW YORK, 1853
- PART ONE. HENRIETTA ROBINSON
- 1. RIVER STREET
- 2. MAY 25
- 3. THE NEW PRISONER
- PART TWO. JOHN C. MATHERBIRTH (1813)-SPRING 1853
- 4. INTRODUCING JOHN C. MATHER
- 5. RISE
- 6. TROUBLE
- PART THREE. PRETRIALJUNE 1853-APRIL 1854
- 7. CONTAGION
- 8. LONG HOT SUMMER INTO FALL
- 9. LIMBO TIME
- PART FOUR. TRIALMAY 1854
- 10. DAY ONE-OFFICERS OF THE COURT
- 11. DAY TWO-THE DOCTORS
- 12. DAY THREE-THE VEIL
- 13. DAY FOUR-BOMBSHELL
- 14. DAY FIVE-SOME ANTEBELLUM LORE
- 15. DAY SIX-VERDICT
- PART FIVE. THE VEILED MURDERESS: JUNE 1854-AUGUST 1855
- 16. SETTLED BUT NOT SETTLED
- 17. BREAKING OF THE STORM
- 18. MORE MATHER
- 19. TRENDS
- 20. CHARLOTTE WOOD
- 21. LIVELY SEASON
- 22. "ADMIRAL PAGNUM'S DAUGHTER"
- 23. ANGEL OF MERCY
- 24. DEPARTURE
- PART SIX. IRISH ANSWER: 1851 AND THE DEEPER PAST
- 25. SUSAN GAYNOR
- 26. IMMIGRANTS AND OTHERS
- PART SEVEN. LATER LIFE AND LEGEND: SEPTEMBER 1855-MAY 1905
- 27. THE SING SING YEARS
- 28. AUBURN
- 29. CHARLOTTE DOOLITTLE NORRIS
- 30. FINALE
- PART EIGHT. CONCLUSION
- 31. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
- APPENDIX I. THE WOOD DAUGHTERS
- APPENDIX II. THE DUKE OF KENT BUSINESS
- NOTES
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-3549-5
- 1-4416-8887-0
- OCLC:
- 710992758
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