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“…the steamer Arabia…”

MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 104.

“…until the roaring forties…”

MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 105.

“…by rheumatism.”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, June 20, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“The wounded from Manassas…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, July 3, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…Gibson who made the arrangements…”

See “…the plantation's doctor woman…” and “Buy the girl…,” above.

As noted in several places above, while documents make it clear that Anarcha was owned by Nathan Harris, and was then sent to Charles Bell Gibson in Richmond before coming to be owned by William L. Maury, there is no document that shows this purchase—not all sales of enslaved people were recorded. In my version of this story, Matthew Fontaine Maury encounters Anarcha in the basement of the Egyptian Building, and is thereafter instructed to purchase Anarcha. As Charles Bell Gibson had been experimenting on her, what seems most likely is that Gibson facilitated contact between the Maurys and the Harrises, whom he likely would have encountered when Anarcha was first brought to Richmond by the newlyweds, Thomas and Catherine Emmet (see “Rather, he smiled…,” above).

“…Gibson was surgeon general of Virginia…”

Chandler, J. A. C., Riley, F. L., Ballagh, J. C., Henneman, J. B., Mims, E., Watson, T. E., Mitchell, S. C., ... Southern Historical Publication Society, (2002). The South in the building of the nation: A history of the southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the southern people. Gretna, La: Pelican Pub. Co., p. 402.

“…Lewis watched him operate…”

I’ve taken some liberty here—but William L. Maury was not medically trained, so there is no reason to trust his opinion about the man’s condition.

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, July 14, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“Lincoln must now thirst for blood…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, September 7, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…to be exterminated as a people.”

Letter from William L. Maury to Ann Maury, January 13, 1863, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“One of them was dead…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, July 14, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…sent to Charlotte…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, August 5, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…Jackson, Mississippi…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, August 23, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…Mobile and Selma…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, October 14 and 17, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…back in Richmond…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, November 29, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…make haste to London…”

Letter from Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory to William L. Maury, December 12, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…take command of a ship…”

Letter from Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory to William L. Maury, December 12, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…denigrated as a privateer, a pirate ship…”

From Lincoln’s April 19, 1861, proclamation.

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1873p2v3/d29

“…enforce strict navy discipline.”

Letter from Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory to William L. Maury, December 12, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…expect belligerent rights…”

Letter from Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory to William L. Maury, December 12, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…the greatest injury…”

Letter from Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory to William L. Maury, December 12, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“On December 16, 1862…”

This document is from the deed books for Caroline County, Virginia, which are held at the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.