This is really a fascinating story that you’re weaving together here. I never knew any of this behind-the-scenes stuff regarding Mary and her relationships with Douglass and the other notable figures you cite.

It’s also amusing me to read about how irresponsible and reckless the news media was even all the way back then. Makes you wonder how much worse all the chatter about Mary would have been if Twitter or Facebook existed at the time.

Anyways, it’ll take me a while, but I’m looking forward to reading the rest of your work. This is some really great stuff! I can’t imagine how much time and energy you must have invested in doing all the necessary research.