| Source |
Memoirs of the celebrated and beautiful Mrs. Ann Carson |
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daughter of an officer of the U.S. Navy, and wife of another, whose life terminated in the Philadelphia prison |
| Author |
Clarke, Mary |
Coverage
| Year range |
- 1838 |
| Subject |
Biography, Family tree |
Publication information
| Type |
Book |
| Date issued |
1838 |
| Place issued |
Philadelphia ; New York |
| Number of Volumes |
2 |
Citation
| Clarke, Mary. Memoirs of the celebrated and beautiful Mrs. Ann Carson: daughter of an officer of the U.S. Navy, and wife of another, whose life terminated in the Philadelphia prison. (Philadelphia ; New York, 1838). |
Repositories
Reprints Include
Description
Mrs. Ann (Baker) Carson told her story to Mary Clarke, who wrote it down. Mrs. Clarke probably embellished the story.
Usage Tips
- Volume 1 has 230 pages with a preface by Mrs. Clarke, and some of Ann's correspondence.
- Volume 2 has 175 pages, plus a prologue by Mrs. Mary Clarke, starting on p 81. This prologue was written several years after Ann's death, maybe as late as 1838, when the book was re-published as a second edition. The story that Ann told is, of course, prejudiced to her own cause. Mrs. Clarke's prologue supposedly tells "the rest of the story."]
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