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The Female Review (Vinton edition)

Herman Mann; edited by John Adams Vinton · 1866

John Adams Vinton's 1866 annotated edition of Herman Mann's biography of Deborah Sampson, checking its claims against historical records.

An annotated edition that checked claims about Sampson's life and service against historical records.

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Plain dark red cloth book cover with a white Library of Congress barcode label near the lower right, reading LIBRARY OF CONGRESS and the number 00017379653 with a red dot.
Herman Mann, The Female Review, ed. John Adams Vinton, 1866. Library of Congress.

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What it is

This is an 1866 edition of Herman Mann's 1797 biography The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of Revolution, edited and annotated by John Adams Vinton. The cover shown is a plain cloth binding held by the Library of Congress.

Why it matters

Vinton's edition checked Mann's original claims about Sampson against available records, correcting some details. It shaped how later historians and readers understood Sampson's life and service in the Continental Army, separating fact from embellishment in the earlier biography.

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Scan of an open book showing a left page with an engraved oval portrait of a young woman with long wavy hair and a ruffled collar, framed by military trophies and an eagle, labeled Deborah Sampson, Published by H. Mann, 1797. Right page is the title page: The Female Review: Or, Memoirs of an American Young Lady, By a Citizen of Massachusetts, Dedham, Printed by Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton, M,DCC,XCVII.Book

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The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson

Herman Mann · 1797

Black-and-white engraving titled Deborah Sampson, published by H. Mann, 1797. An oval portrait of a young woman with long curled hair and a high-collared dress sits within a decorative frame topped with flags, a wreath, and an eagle at the base.Painting

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Deborah Sampson Engraving

1797

Oval engraved portrait of a young woman with long wavy hair, wearing a high-collared ruffled white neckerchief and a striped dress with a sash, set within a decorative oval border with foliage.Painting

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Portrait of Deborah Sampson

Joseph Stone · 1797

Cover of a dark marbled-paper bound booklet with a maroon spine and a small label reading E 275 G18. A cream octagonal label in handwriting reads: An Address delivered at Federal St. Theatre, Boston, By Mrs. Deborah Gannet, The American heroine. Publications of the Sharon historical Society.Speech

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An Address, Delivered with Applause, at the Federal-Street Theatre, Boston

Deborah Sampson Gannett · 1802

Black-and-white photograph of a granite monument with a bronze plaque showing a relief portrait bust of a woman with long wavy hair. The plaque reads Deborah Sampson Gannett, Woman Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and describes her service and pension, and that it was placed by her grandson George Washington Gay. Cemetery grass and trees are in the background.Photograph

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Monument to Deborah Sampson Gannett, Rock Ridge Cemetery

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