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When Russell Colvin disappeared in 1812, no one in Manchester thought much of it. He tended, after all, to wander. But by 1819 people began to suspect Stephen and Jesse Boorn of murdering their brother-in-law. To understand why so many neighbors believed the Boorns innocent for so long, and why seven years passed before town authorities launched an investigation of Colvin's disappearance, it is, of course, important to learn what facts were known, when, and by whom. However, it is equally important to ascertain how these facts were interpreted, and why they were interpreted as they were. What, in other words, was it about Russell Colvin, the Boorns, and the town of Manchester that shaped the public's response in such a way that an official inquiry into Colvin's disappearance was delayed so long? Or did it all have to do with ghostly sightings of Colvin?… (altro)
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In 1812 rural Vermont, Russell Colvin disappeared. Stephen and Jesse Boorn, his brothers-in-law, were slowly but surely suspected. In 1819, their uncle had a dream in which the ghost of Russell Colvin pointed to his grave. The uncle’s report triggered an investigation which led to the arrest and conviction of the Boorn brothers, both of whom made – and recanted – confessions. Before they were hanged, a man was brought into town who claimed he was the alleged murder victim. He convinced everyone who mattered and the brothers were reprieved and released. In 1860 Jesse Boorn, now an elderly counterfeiter, claimed to an undercover Federal Marshall that he and his brother had gotten away with murder. They had indeed killed Colvin in 1812. Their family had hired an impostor to impersonate Colvin.
McFarland’s great achievement is to make the old man’s claim seem plausible. For the readers he does not convince, he provides a very interesting view of life in a rural community in that period. ( )
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When I returned from over the mountain, about five days after the disappearance of my husband, I asked Lewis where Russell was; he answered gone to hell. --SALLY COLVIN'S TRIAL TESTIMONY (1819)
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On the morning of May 10, 1812, Thomas Johnson, a young farmer of Manchester, Vermont, has business to conduct with a neighbor named Mattison.
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To be sure, that Colvin was an imposter cannot be established for certain; but at the same time, one can no longer dismiss out of hand the possibility that, in what he said to the seeming outlaw Hackett, the counterfeiter Jesse was, for once in his life, telling the truth.
When Russell Colvin disappeared in 1812, no one in Manchester thought much of it. He tended, after all, to wander. But by 1819 people began to suspect Stephen and Jesse Boorn of murdering their brother-in-law. To understand why so many neighbors believed the Boorns innocent for so long, and why seven years passed before town authorities launched an investigation of Colvin's disappearance, it is, of course, important to learn what facts were known, when, and by whom. However, it is equally important to ascertain how these facts were interpreted, and why they were interpreted as they were. What, in other words, was it about Russell Colvin, the Boorns, and the town of Manchester that shaped the public's response in such a way that an official inquiry into Colvin's disappearance was delayed so long? Or did it all have to do with ghostly sightings of Colvin?
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McFarland’s great achievement is to make the old man’s claim seem plausible. For the readers he does not convince, he provides a very interesting view of life in a rural community in that period. (