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Posted By: J Levine

Marshall,

Thanks for the cut and paste...I will however look up your book and maybe do some reading. I do however believe that it was more politically motivated than just a lover's spat and that Shields was tenacious in what he did and very successful at most things just because he was stubborn and smart but you never know...

From Marshall's same source:
"Shields and Mary socialized frequently, and had ample opportunity to vet each other as potential marriage partners, but at the end of the night, the free spirited Shields would scarcely have cared for Marys Patrician temperament and tart tongue. He demonstrated repeatedly, that he preferred girls of the old fashioned type,..."


Joshua