Talk:Esther Abrahams

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Thoery of age[edit]

If she was 15 when she was tried, she must have been born in 1771, not 1767. The date of her trial is clear from the trial transcript, but I don't know whether it is her age at trial that is wrong or the year of her birth.Aston 21:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

the Annandale properly[edit]

This sentence in Esther Abrahams#Life in New South Wales (with my emphasis added here) doesn't scan correctly:

... Robert ... commenced court proceedings in March 1829 against her, to have her declared insane and incapable of running the Annandale properly.

"the" was added recently. "Annandale" is a proper noun so wouldn't normally require "the" in front of it. I was going to just remove it, but I wonder if the sentence should be

... incapable of running the Annandale property.

which would make sense, with "Annandale" acting as an adjective. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:18, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]