Editing Louis XVII (section)

===Williams===
Reverend [[Eleazer Williams]] was a Protestant missionary from [[Wisconsin]] of [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] descent.<ref name="E.Williams">{{cite journal|year=1897|first=L'abbé M.|last=Mainville|title=Louis XVII est-il venu au Canada?|journal=Le Bulletin des Recherches Historiques|pages=66–70|volume=3|issue=5|url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06617_29/2?r=0&s=1}}</ref> While at the house Francis Vinton, William began shaking and trembling upon seeing a portrait of [[Antoine Simon]], a member of the [[sans-culottes]], saying of the portrait that it had "haunted me, day, and night, as long as I can remember." Simon was rumored to have physically abused the Dauphin while he was imprisoned at the Temple. Francis Vinton was convinced by Eleazar William's reaction that Williams was Louis-Charles. Williams claimed he had no recollection of how he escaped his imprisonment at the Temple, or of his early years in France.

Williams was a missionary to Native Americans when, according to him, the [[prince de Joinville]], son of [[Louis Philippe I|Louis-Philippe]], met him, and after some conversation asked him to sign a document abdicating his rights in favor of Louis-Philippe, in return for which he, the Dauphin (alias Eleazar Williams), was to receive the private inheritance which was his. This Eleazar Williams refused. Williams's story is generally regarded as false. However, other elements published in 1897 provide some grounds for doubt.<ref name="E.Williams"/>