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Harriet Beall de Bodisco Scott (Williams)
Birth: 1824
Death: 6-20-1890
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Wife of Count Alexander de Bodisco, Russian minister. She was just sixteen when the 50+ year-old man began courting her. She became a celebrated Washington socialite. Alexander died in 1854, and Harriet remarried 6 years later to Captain Douglass Gordon Scott.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 22, 1852
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 24, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1849
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Biography: Wife of Count Alexander de Bodisco, Russian minister. She was just sixteen when the 50+ year-old man began courting her. She became a celebrated Washington socialite. Alexander died in 1854, and Harriet remarried 6 years later to Captain Douglass Gordon Scott.Citation Notes: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0400/dc0422/data/dc0422data.pdf
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Citation Notes: http://ghostsofdc.org/2013/09/26/scandalous-love-bodisco-marriage/
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Citation Notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=qKQKhVMFUAwC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=douglas+scott+harriet+bodisco&source=bl&ots=OJ1xigxwri&sig=kBGLZajOuFZ8acTETeio0a5f2BY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiampew897MAhXF3YMKHatZAQ4Q6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=douglas%20scott%20harriet%20bodisco&f=false
Biography
Wife of Count Alexander de Bodisco, Russian minister. She was just sixteen when the 50+ year-old man began courting her. She became a celebrated Washington socialite. Alexander died in 1854, and Harriet remarried 6 years later to Captain Douglass Gordon Scott.
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 22, 1852
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 24, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1849
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography:
Wife of Count Alexander de Bodisco, Russian minister. She was just sixteen when the 50+ year-old man began courting her. She became a celebrated Washington socialite. Alexander died in 1854, and Harriet remarried 6 years later to Captain Douglass Gordon Scott.
Citation Notes:
https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0400/dc0422/data/dc0422data.pdf
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes:
http://ghostsofdc.org/2013/09/26/scandalous-love-bodisco-marriage/
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes:
https://books.google.com/books?id=qKQKhVMFUAwC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=douglas+scott+harriet+bodisco&source=bl&ots=OJ1xigxwri&sig=kBGLZajOuFZ8acTETeio0a5f2BY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiampew897MAhXF3YMKHatZAQ4Q6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=douglas%20scott%20harriet%20bodisco&f=false