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“…one of three raiding parties…”
“…the first to approach the village…”
“…mud-and-water moat…”
“In a pitched battle…”
“…a cloud of blood and fire.”
“…Maury Island…”
“…ascent of Corcovado…”
“The story was ripe…”
“…Mary Hill Beckham…”
“In 1852…”
“…Mary became pregnant again…”
“…the USS Saratoga…”
“…Perry’s expedition to Japan…”
“Lewis wrote to his father…”
“…one of three raiding parties…”
Wilkes, C., Thiollière, V., & Jenkins (1851). Voyage round the world: Embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States exploring expedition. New York: G. Putman, p. 460.
“…the first to approach the village…”
Wilkes, C., Thiollière, V., & Jenkins (1851). Voyage round the world: Embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States exploring expedition. New York: G. Putman, p. 461.
“…mud-and-water moat…”
Wilkes, C., Thiollière, V., & Jenkins (1851). Voyage round the world: Embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States exploring expedition. New York: G. Putman, p. 461.
“In a pitched battle…”
Wilkes, C., Thiollière, V., & Jenkins (1851). Voyage round the world: Embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States exploring expedition. New York: G. Putman, p. 462.
“…a cloud of blood and fire.”
Wilkes, C., Thiollière, V., & Jenkins (1851). Voyage round the world: Embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States exploring expedition. New York: G. Putman, p. 462.
“…Maury Island…”
For what it’s worth, Maury Island is the site of the first UFO sighting ever recorded, in 1947.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Island
“…ascent of Corcovado…”
“A Trip to the Peak of the Corcovado,” William L. Maury, unpublished manuscript, held at the Gilder Lehrman Collection in New York City, New York.
“The story was ripe…”
“A Trip to the Peak of the Corcovado,” William L. Maury, unpublished manuscript, held at the Gilder Lehrman Collection in New York City, New York.
“…Mary Hill Beckham…”
Reliable information about Lewis’s first wife is exceedingly difficult to come by. As this document shows, she died one day after the birth of their third child, a boy who died six months later. I have taken the liberty of suggesting that one of her earlier births was likely difficult as well—which speaks, then, to why Lewis would be drawn to the prospect of acquiring Anarcha, for her skills, as midwife, when he is again contemplating marriage.
This document is in the possession of Steve Nicklin, a former owner of Old Mansion in Bowling Green, Virginia.
“In 1852…”
Cummins, G. D. (1855). Discourse: Delivered at the funeral of John W. Maury, Trinity church, Washington, February 4, 1855. Washington: G.S. Gideon, p. 19.
“…Mary became pregnant again…”
See “…Mary Hill Beckham…,” above.
“…the USS Saratoga…”
Letter from William L. Maury to Mary Hill Beckham, November 23, 1852, held in the Maury Family collection at the Special Collections Department of Swem Library of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
“…Perry’s expedition to Japan…”
Lewis would be mentioned a number of times in Perry’s account of the expedition.
Perry, M. C., Lilly, L., & United States Naval Expedition to Japan. (1857). Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854: Under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry. New York: D. Appleton and Co, p. 384.
“Lewis wrote to his father…”
Letter from William L. Maury to William G. Maury, January 7, 1852, held in the Maury Family collection at the Special Collections Department of Swem Library of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
