[248] Niles' Weekly Reg., April 25, 1829. Quoting from Del. Gazette of April 17. American Annual Register, 1827-8-9, Vol. III., p. 123.
[249] Niles' Register, May 23, 1829.
Note on P. Cannon. George Alfred Townsend wrote a romance of about 700 pages, entitled "The Entailed Hat, or Patty Cannon's Times," in which Patty Cannon is one of the principal characters. It is a very interesting and instructive story. Townsend was a native of Delaware and well qualified to write such a story. He says in the introduction: "Often had she told him of old Patty Cannon and her kidnapping den and her death in the jail of his native town. He found the legend of that dreaded woman had strengthened instead of having faded with time, and her haunts preserved, and eye witnesses of her deeds to be still living. "Hence, this romance has much local truth in it and is not only the narrative of an episode, but the story of a large region, comprehending three State jurisdictions."
"'Patty Cannon's dead; they say she's took poison.'
"A mighty pain seized the Chancellor's heart, and the loud groans he made called a stranger into the room.
"'Is that dreadful woman dead?' sighed the Chancellor.
"'Yes; she will never plague Delaware again. Marster.'
"'God be thanked!' the old man groaned."
"Entailed Hat," p. 541.
[250] Liberator: Sept. 14, 1849; Jan. 10, 1835.