Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune

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index 239 p Abbas,Abdul Baha,144 abolition,16,17,20,21,31,44,71,89, 217n20.See also slavery Adams,President John Quincy,16 Adel,Grace,127,190.See also Linscott, Grace Adel Adel,Jesse,127,128,225nn13–14 Adobe Creek,99,135,136 adoption,169,170,171,229nn11–12 Agnew Asylum for the Insane,92,154 Alameda,CA,208 Alameda,The (San José),93,103 Albany,NY,61,183 Alcatraz,127 Alta Mesa Cemetery (Palo Alto,CA),194, 198,200,231n9 Altos Land Company,137 Alvarado,Governor Juan,of Mexico,99 American Repeating Rifle Company,63 Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915 (Starr),83 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA),21.See also animal welfare;anti-vivisection; and Humane Society Amet,Ruth,208,209,216n5,232n9 Amistad incident,1,15,16,18 ammunition,39,46,58,61–63,90,182, 190,193,195,220n45 Anderson Prune Dipper,104,223n35 “Angels of Light,”142 animal welfare,167.See also American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA);anti-vivisection; and Humane Society anti-vivisection,96,184.See also American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA);animal welfare;Humane Society Architectural Record, 107,182,224n7 architecture:award fromYale,81;El Sueño, 97;French neoclassical,132; Gothic style,11,67,92,97,110; Mission-revival,101,181;in New Haven,11,21,67;Queen Anne-style, 110,113,181,224n18;Romanesquestyle ,110;in San José,92,107;and Sarah Winchester,68,81,115,122, 143,164,172;Stanford University, 101;styles,11,110;and William Winchester,68,153 “ark.”See houseboat Armsmear,45, art glass windows,6,108,109 Atherton,CA,5,129–31,146,150, 153–55,163,172–75,177,178,180, 181,183,194,196,198,199,206, 210,225n19,226nn20–21,227n14, 228n31,229n28 Atherton,Dominga de Goni,129,225n20 Atherton,Faxon Dean,129,131 Atherton,Gertrude,225n20 Atherton woods,181 Atwater,Edward E.,28,216n5 Austin,Henry,67 B.Altman & Company,182 “backity back,”208 Bahaism,144 Bakewell,Mrs.,160,162,228n33 Baldwin,Ella and Charles,3,132,226n24 Baldwin,Roger Sherman,16 240 / index Baltimore,MD,17,23,25,26,28,45,75 Banner of Light, 80 Barker,Mr.E.A.,207 Barnett,T.C.,207 Bates,Hannah,23 Batsell,Jake,209,232n14 Bayshore Highway,183,206 Beecher,Hazel,202,203 Beecher,Louise,37 Beecher,Reverend Henry Ward,85, 222n5 Benjamin H.Merriman & Company,36 Bennett,Hannah Jane“Jennie”: correspondence with Sarah L. Winchester,78,111,115,121,215n3, 217n19,218n23,219n34,221n4, 221n23,222n28,222n31,222n36, 224n8,224nn11–13,224nn22–23, 225n32,229n18,232n25;death,193; early life,18,27,30,32,68;family,75, 79,195;finances,69,192;marriage, 49,60,79;philanthropy,81,82,186. See also Winchester,Hannah Jane “Jennie” Bennett,Hope,79 Bennett,Thomas Gray:anxious over son’s health,191;attends Sarah Pardee’s funeral,73;Civil War service, 60;counsels Sarah L.Winchester,77, 80,85;dines with Sarah L.Winchester, 79;finances of Winchester Repeating Arms Company,191–93;gift to mother-in-law,81;letters to Sarah L. Winchester,187,191,217n19,230n25, 230n27,230n28,230n37,230n38, 231n39;marriage,27,60;named executor for William W.Winchester, 76;as officer of Winchester Repeating Arms Company,49,61,79,99,191, 195;outlives Sarah L.Winchester, 200;recruits William Mason,62; relationship to Colt,62;relationship with John Browning,62;relationship with William Converse,61;upon the death of Oliver F.Winchester,74-75 Bennett,Winchester,79,191,193 Bergh,Henry,21,217n30 Berkeley,CA,94 Bey,Captain Edinboro,71,72,221n12 billboards,211,212 Bishop,Jeremiah A.,74 Blair Undertakers,75 Blanchard,the butcher,169 Bogie,James,181,198,199,201 Bogie,Sarah,181,198,199,201 Bohemian Club,132 Brett,Mary Ann Winchester,25,218n9 Brewer,Reverend William A.,134,184, 198,199 Brewster’s Park,New Haven,33 Bridgeport,CT,41,43,44,46 Brown,Augustus,74 Brown,David R.,67 Brown,Edna May,208 Brown,John H.,207,208,209,210,211, 232n14 Brown,Mayme,208,209,210,211, 232n14 Brown,Mildred,208 Browne,Francis,8 Browning,John,62 Bryan,William Jennings,120 Buffalo Bill Cody.See Cody,William Buffalo Bill Historical Center,Cody,WY, 49,50,51 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West,62,64,213 Burbank,Luther,104,223n36 Burlingame, Anson,157 Burlingame Advance, 206,230n14, 232n1 Burlingame Country Club,132 Burlingame Park,147,157,160 Burnham,Daniel,156 Burns...