Re: RAT Links to brief history of Philadelphia & the birthplace of the play ...

[TimNGail@aol.com]

Thanks for the info. on the tour and everything...

Not sure I follow the logic with the Stephen Girard thang...

tim
funkopolis


In a message dated 6/15/2001 4:19:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
virtualdrama@juno.com writes:


> It seems that the richest (and
> reportedly, ugliest) man in colonial America, Stephen Girard, got tired
> of his wife, Mary, and had her incarcerated for life by simply signing
> his name. The room in which she spent much of the rest of her life is
> still part of the hospital. Part of the problem may have been that
> Stephen, who made his fortune on rum smuggling and slaving, spoke no
> English -- despite the fact that he had lived in Philadelphia for many
> years.