Davidson, Cathy N., and Tabitha Tenney. “Foreword”. Female Quixotism, edited by Jean Nienkamp, Andrea Collins, Jean Nienkamp, and Andrea Collins, Oxford University Press, 1992, p. v - vii.
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Samuel Tenney
Standard Name: Tenney, Samuel
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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| Family and Intimate relationships | Tabitha Tenney | Tabitha Gilman
was married at North Hampton, New Hampshire, to Samuel Tenney
, a surgeon who had fought in the War of Independence. He was to become a member of the US Congress
in 1800. “FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Davidson, Cathy N. Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America. Oxford University Press, 1986. 190, n69 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Tabitha Tenney | TT
's husband, Samuel Tenney
, died. There was a proposal soon afterwards for writing his biography, but it seems to have come to nothing. “Tenney, Samuel, (1748-1816)”. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Davidson, Cathy N. Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America. Oxford University Press, 1986. 190, n69 |
| Friends, Associates | Tabitha Tenney | Before her marriage, Tabitha Gilman's circle of friends included the younger Patty (or Martha) Rogers
. From at least April 1785 Patty was romantically involved with Samuel Tenney
(a former soldier in his late thirties... |
| Literary responses | Tabitha Tenney | Elizabeth Dow Leonard
, in memoirs published seventy-seven years after Female Quixotism, called it a superlatively silly book (on the word of those who had read it, since she herself had not), and claimed... |
| Residence | Tabitha Tenney | TT
's husband, Samuel Tenney
, took his seat in the US Congress
; by this date, therefore, the couple had moved to Washington, DC. |
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