[PDF.93nh] Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson's America

Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson's America

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 | #72085 in Books |  University of Virginia Press |  2006-09-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.58 x5.98l,.84 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| A watershead moment..............|By Robert C. Hufford|.....in Virginia history. In Colonial times, the name Randolph meant something in Virginia. In fact, the Randolph family, in its various branches, were pretty much a law unto themselves, able to do anything, including murder, with impunity. Fortunately, most of them, like Speaker Peyton Randolph, were decent people, who pro|From Publishers Weekly|Here's a scholarly book that artfully relates a riveting tale with lasting historical repercussions and significance. Readers will be drawn by the story of a strong woman who may have been wronged; the great Randolph family of Virginia tor

In the early 1790s Richard Randolph was accused of fathering a child by his sister-in-law, Nancy, and murdering the baby shortly after its birth. Rumors about the incident, which occurred during a visit to the plantation of close family friends, spread like wildfire. Randolph found himself on trial for the crime largely because of the public outrage fueled by these rumors. The rest of the household suffered too, and only Nancy, who later married the esteemed New York ...

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