fingers (Wise, 17). A later letter from Mary carried the grave news that Jane was struck with Typhoid fever and tuberculosis of the spine. This left her dark, curly hair straight and her body fragile and emaciated. Jane loved her family but was especially attached to her father. She was often found trying to be just like her father by rubbing things on her fingers to get a "mill thumb" like her father had. Jane attended the Rock
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