Letters received by Samuel A. Green, 1893-1894.

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Letters received by Samuel A. Green, 1893-1894.

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Letters received by Samuel A. Green regarding his essay entitled, "Refutation of the Alleged Ill-Treatment of Captain Fenton's Wife and Daughter," publishing in 1894. The essay refutes an allegation made by historian Goldwin Smith that the wife and daughter of Loyalist John Fenton were tarred and feathered during the Revolutionary War. Letters sent by Edward J. Lowell, Robert C. Winthrop, and others, 1893-94, discuss the historical accuracy of the account of Baroness de Riedesel who first recorded the event. Also includes letters from Goldwin Smith and newspaper clippings.

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Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson), 1845-1894

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Riedesel, Friederike Charlotte Luise, Freifrau von, 1746-1808

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Fenton family.

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