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Author Adler, Jeanne Winston, 1946-

Title The affair of the veiled murderess : an antebellum scandal and mystery / Jeanne Winston Adler
Published Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 313 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE HENRIETTA ROBINSON, SPRING 1852-SPRING 1853 -- 1. River Street -- 2. May 25 -- 3. New Prisoner -- pt. TWO JOHN C. MATHER, BIRTH (1813)-SPRING 1853 -- 4. Introducing John C. Mather -- 5. Rise -- 6. Trouble -- pt. THREE PRETRIAL, JUNE 1853-APRIL 1854 -- 7. Contagion -- 8. Long Hot Summer Into Fall -- 9. Limbo Time -- pt. FOUR TRIAL, MAY 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 -- pt. FIVE 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 -- pt. SIX IRISH ANSWER, 1851 AND THE DEEPER PAST -- 25. Susan Gaynor -- 26. Immigrants and Others -- pt. SEVEN LATER LIFE AND LEGEND. SEPTEMBER 1855-MAY 1905 -- 27. Sing Sing Years -- 28. Auburn -- 29. Charlotte Doolittle Norris -- 30. Finale -- pt. EIGHT CONCLUSION -- 31. What Really Happened
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Robinson, Henrietta, 1827-
SUBJECT Robinson, Henrietta, 1827- fast
Subject Murder -- New York (State) -- Troy
TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
Murder
New York (State) -- Troy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441688873
1441688870
1438435495
9781438435497