Talk:Jane Pierce
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What's up with Jane's right hand? It appears either gloved or some how blackened. Frost bite?
Why is this Jane Pierce artical linked to Jamestown? It cannot possibly be the same person as the third wife of John Rolf! The dates are completely wrong not to mention the history.
[edit] Nickname
A single reference I have states that Mrs. Pierce was known by Washington as the "Shadow of the White House". Anyone have other references for this?
[edit] Losing her grip with reality?
I have a source that claims she spent two years of her life in the upstairs of the White House writing "maudlin"letters to her dead son? Can anyone else confirm this?
[edit] Invalid?
This article refers to her as an invalid at the end of her life, but doesn't say what the cause was. Just depression? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.78.122 (talk) 04:28, 7 November 2007 (UTC) Mrs Pierce almost certainly had tuberculosis, along with the varied and somewhat amorphous somatic afflictions of what was called at the time neurasthenia. Plutonium27 (talk) 03:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
