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“…a young child on the night of…”

Emmet’s book is atrocious with dates—I found numerous inaccuracies about events the dates of which were widely known.

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 21.

“…filled with glowing forms…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 21.

“The family’s servants…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 21.

“…prominent Charlottesville families…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 42.

“…memorable games…”

See “…another family friend…,” above.

“…officers in the United States Navy.”

Although not mentioned directly in the printed book, Emmet would claim close connections to the naval officers who would procure privateer vessels in England during the Civil War, an episode that figures heavily in later chapters of the book.

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 168.

“…the talents and attainments…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, pp. 42-43.

“…practiced medicine in Charleston…”

Marr, J. P. (1957). Pioneer surgeons of the Woman's Hospital: The lives of Sims, Emmet, Peaslee, and Thomas. Philadelphia: Davis. p. 67.

“…named him to the medical faculty…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, pp. 2-3.

“…in Flushing, New York…”

Marr, J. P. (1957). Pioneer surgeons of the Woman's Hospital: The lives of Sims, Emmet, Peaslee, and Thomas. Philadelphia: Davis. p. 67.