Matilda Tone

Matilda Tone
Born
Martha Witherington

17 June 1769
Dublin, Ireland
Died18 March 1849(1849-03-18) (aged 79)
Georgetown, District of Columbia
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
NationalityIrish
SpouseWolfe Tone

Matilda Tone (17 June 1769 – 18 March 1849) was the wife of the executed Irish republican leader Theobald Wolfe Tone and, from exile in the United States, was instrumental in the preservation and publication of his papers.[1][2]

  1. ^ Woods, C.J. (2009). "Tone, Matilda (Martha)". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ "Matilda Tone & the American legacy of 1798". History Ireland. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2018.