sentences:  No one by the name of Lucy Brewer (or that of her other pseudonyms, or that of her husband) can be found in historical records; in addition, it is highly unlikely a woman could have disguised herself for three years on "Constitution", as the crew had little to no privacy (for example, no toilet facilities or private quarters existed on the ship, and physical examinations were thorough in the Marines).In addition, "The Female Marine"s identifying details of "Constitution"s travels and battles are nearly verbatim to accounts published by the ship's commanders in contemporary newspapers.In 1816, shortly after the publication of the first edition of "The Female Marine", a woman named Rachel Sperry, claiming to have run the brothel into which Brewer was supposedly tricked, wrote "A Brief Reply" to Brewer's tale.