Talk:Anne Jane Thornton

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Did you know... that the seafaring adventures of Anne Jane Thornton (pictured) inspired the ballad The Female Sailor Bold?

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Note: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography should be treated with caution as a reference for the life of Anne Jane Thornton, as it has garbled her story. I have cited it only where it agrees with the contemporary sources. Xn4 (talk) 18:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]