Publisher's Synopsis
Among the exclusives in this issue of Neshaminy: "George Washington Slept Near" how the hero of the American Revolution prompted a boasting competition as to where he slept - while a romantic rivalry developed between James McHenry and Alexander Hamilton. In "Dearest Friend, Annie," an English widow abandons her past life in a vain attempt to wed Walt Whitman. A poetic appreciation of Whitman by Jim Brennan. The story of a group of nineteenth century feminists who launched the first community hospital owned and operated by women in the United States. How Pennsylvania Quakers helped to propel the mission of doomed abolitionist John Brown. Interview with romance author Mazey Eddings. Poetry by Darlene Versace and the forgotten William Satterthwaite. Fiction by Jill Lupine and Philip William Stover.
