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Miss Pauline Thayer Pursues Concert Violinist Path
A nineteen year old Philadelphia socialite daughter of the late John B. Thayer plans to abandon society for a career as a concert violinist. The piece recounts Nassau rum running tales and a Paris guillotine execution of Albert Philippe, age nineteen, who declined drink before his beheading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Thayer
Society of Philadelphia
John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nassau
Canada
New York
United States
Bahamas
Paris
Albert Philippe