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Captain Kidd’s older daughter, a determined and formidable woman. Captain Kidd entrusts Elizabeth with the thorny task of figuring out how to legally reclaim the land in San Antonio her mother, Maria Luisa, once owned. While he loves Elizabeth, the Captain also feels distant from her and hides his real feelings and anxieties in the letters he writes her.
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Elizabeth Character Timeline in News of the World
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Chapter 9
...assure Johanna he’s close by, Captain Kidd begins a letter to his daughters, Olympia and Elizabeth, assuring them that he’s healthy and making a good living. Olympia, whose husband, Mason, was...
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...reclaim the land which his deceased wife, Maria Luisa, owned through her family. He instructs Elizabeth, who enjoys thorny problems, to write to the priest and archivist in San Antonio and...
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Chapter 21
...are the records that prove his daughters’ ownership of their mother’s land. He will let Elizabeth, who likes long quests, figure it out.
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At the post office, Captain Kidd finds a letter from Elizabeth, saying that she and Olympia will make the journey in two years, when they are...
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Chapter 22
After three years, Olympia, Elizabeth, her husband Emory, and two children move to San Antonio, where they take possession of...
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