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Debut amid a Civil War dawn in New York
In Milton Center, widowed Ann Byrne grows into a poised debutante under guardian Mr Cortlandt. A delicate clash of families in New York surrounds her fourteenth to eighteenth year as Fort Sumter falls and Hendricks Cortlandt shows unexpected interest. Ann’s maturity sparks tension and hints at romance as the city reels from war news.
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Milton Center
New York
Ann Byrne
Hudson Cortlandt
Ann
Ten-ucks Cortlandt Salling
United States
Switzerland
Mr. Cortlandt
Mrs. Allen
Hla
Grace Church
Cortlandt
Rennesler
Hendricks
Highet
Clarissa
Mr. Hendricks
Ulm
Tom
Theodora Tennessyer
Mrs. William
Theo
Mia
Panny
Theodore Renneslyer
King Ann
Abraham Lincoln
South
South Carolina
United Btates
Anderson
Charleston Harbor
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Buchanan
Moultrie
Charleston
Sumter
Custom House
North
Washington
Twiges
Department of Texas
Anna
Port Bumter
Fifth Avenue
Young Hendricks
Harvard
Fanny Cortlandt
Mrs. Rennessyer
Fanny
Mr. Rennessyer
Mr. Menneslyer
Manfelang
Anant
Bho