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The Heroine of Saratoga and the Bold Young Wilber
A tale recounts Hezekiah Elverton and his family in revolutionary Bennington, the courage of Henry Elverton and Emeline Wharton, the daring boy Robert Wilber, and the Saratoga campaign including Gates and Burgoyne, ending with Emeline and Henry reuniting after victory and a Gates visit. Silk culture and a major Ohio slavery ruling follow in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Hezekiah Elverton
Massachusetts
New England
Henry
Hannah
Stark
Bennington
Emeline
Freary
Henry Elverton
Emeline Wharton
Fimeline
de Friere
Elvertons
Robert Wilber
Gates
Wilber
Elverton
Isaac Wharton
Daugh
Henr
Berkshire
Eveline
United States
Ohio
Virginia
Georgia
South
Philadelphia
Burlington
Pennsylvania
Washington
Shippensburg
Lancaster
Miss Rapp
Philadelphia Silk Manufacturing Company
Fenerio
Naples
New York
Cleveland Herald
Supreme Court
Warren County
Hircacock
Laws
Bennet Rains
Springborough
Lebanon Star
Rain
Con
Rains
Missouri
Court of Common Pleas