He Told Her To BURN His Letters. A Lawyer Called Her Demented. The Girl Was Harding's: Nan Britton

He Told Her To BURN His Letters. A Lawyer Called Her Demented. The Girl Was Harding's: Nan Britton Officially, Warren Harding had no children. His family said so for ninety years, and a courtroom in Toledo, Ohio, sent the opposite claim home without a single piece of proof. But in October of 1919, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, a girl named Elizabeth Ann was born, and her father was a United States senator who would be elected president thirteen months later. Her mother, Nan Britton, had grown up in Marion with his pictures on her bedroom wall. After he died in a San Francisco hotel suite, his widow fed his papers into a fireplace. His family said he could not father a child. Nan wrote a book, and police seized the printing plates. In court, a former congressman called her demented. She had no letters to show the jury. He had asked her to burn them, and she did. Chapters: 00:00 — The president who had no children 02:47 — Act I — The Girl from Marion 06:36 — Act II — The Front Porch 10:46 — Act III — The Fireplace 17:11 — Act IV — The Verdict 21:19 — Act V — The Aftermath Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons and Europeana. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Nan Britton, The President's Daughter (1927) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pre...) American Heritage, How Some Were Burned (1965) — https://www.americanheritage.com/how-... Library of Congress, President Warren Harding's Love Letters Open to the Public (2014) — https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-14-129/ TIME, DNA Tests Prove Warren Harding Had a Child With a Mistress (2015) — https://time.com/3996052/warren-hardi... ABC News, Warren Harding's Love Child Confirmed Through DNA Testing (2015) — https://abcnews.com/Politics/presiden... #documentary #history #warrenharding #scandal