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The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / Jeanne Winston Adler.

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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
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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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