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“…she was somehow married.”
“…a man named Charles Mason…”
“…a great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson.”
“…common roots in Charlottesville.”
“Granville and Tom Pratt…”
“…a little more than an hour…”
“…Manet’s The Battle of the Kearsage and the Alabama…”
“…to Bad Kissingen.”
“…received a letter from Granville…”
“…she was somehow married.”
See “…yes, if she would confess it…,” above.
“…a man named Charles Mason…”
See “…Anarcha had a new master…,” above.
“…a great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson.”
The 1870 Census record for the family of Charles Mason in King George, Virginia. At this point, Mason was married to Maria Jefferson Carr Randolph, whose significant role in Anarcha’s life will be documented in a later chapter.
“…common roots in Charlottesville.”
See “…prominent Charlottesville families…,” above.
“Granville and Tom Pratt…”
See “…traveled to the coast to witness…,” above.
There is no evidence that Granville and Tom Pratt witnessed the Battle of Cherbourg, but as they both departed for America soon thereafter to enlist—as is documented below—I think it’s highly likely.
Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 240.
“…a little more than an hour…”
For a full account of the Battle of Cherbourg, see In the Shadow of the Alabama, by Renata Eley Long.
Long, R. E. (2015). In the shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
“…Manet’s The Battle of the Kearsage and the Alabama…”
The painting hangs today at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I am assuming Sims would have visited the Louvre to view it.
“…to Bad Kissingen.”
Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 240.
“…received a letter from Granville…”
Letter from Granville Sims to J. Marion Sims, July 21, 1864, held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries.
