Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines

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Southern Biography Series Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Editor This page intentionally left blank THE CELEBRATED CASE OF MYRA CLARK GAINES Elizabeth Urban Alexander Louisiana State University Press BATON ROUGE Notorious Woman Copyright © 2001 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 01 01 5 4 3 2 1 Designer: Barbara Neely Bourgoyne Typeface: Sabon Typesetter: Coghill Composition, Inc. Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Alexander, Elizabeth Urban, 1947Notorious woman : the celebrated case of Myra Clark Gaines / Elizabeth Urban Alexander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-1698-5 (cloth : alk. paper) I. Clark, Daniel, 1766-1813—Wills, 2. Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885—Trials, litigation, etc. I. Title. KF759.C57 A43 2001 346.7305'2'0269—den 1001033449 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. © for my daughters, Lauren and Elizabeth This page intentionally left blank ...