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From: monmouthhistory@comcast.net
List Editor: h-nj@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU
Editor's Subject: QUERY: Penelope Stout again
Author's Subject: QUERY: Penelope Stout again
Date Written: Sun, November 1, 2009 12:03 pm
Date Posted: Wed, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:14 -0500

The earliest reference to the Penelope Stout story I recall is Samuel
Smith's 1765 History of New Jersey. Since recollection of details dim
within 100 hours of an event let alone 100 years, the Stout story had a
century to be colored by fantasy, exaggeration, mistaken facts and
embellishment. It is a beautiful legend surrounding her factual existence,
but one may strain his credibility by repeating or relying too heavily on
the common account. Randall Gabrielan

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