tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7248472949568891148..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Visiting Moll Pitcher, the Fortune-Teller of LynnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-37717561879914587702023-08-22T20:27:35.915-05:002023-08-22T20:27:35.915-05:00Dr. Burchstead who had the whale bones for a gatew...Dr. Burchstead who had the whale bones for a gateway was my ancestor. Look up (google) the story of how he got those whale bones<br />. Wow! MOST interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-91294204916039123922016-09-01T13:33:26.957-05:002016-09-01T13:33:26.957-05:00I checked the P.E.M.’s online catalogue for items ...I checked the P.E.M.’s online catalogue for items connected to the Pitcher family but didn’t contact the museum. <br /><br />My remark about “Salem’s witch tourism season” was facetious since these days <i>every</i> season in Salem is about witch tourism, and the region’s rich history of other events has been well overshadowed. <br /><br />Moll Pitcher shows how the area moved in a century from the witch hysteria to a community accepting an older woman telling fortunes for a living. Interesting history, but perhaps not what tourists want.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-82003806346874927242016-09-01T11:25:51.185-05:002016-09-01T11:25:51.185-05:00If the PEM has it, they probably keep it as far fr...If the PEM has it, they probably keep it as far from display as possible- their interpretive method in respect to "witchy" artifacts is to keep them out of the public conciousness, lest visitors show up wanting to actually see them. The museum's administrators have stated in the past that the "witch tourism" phenomenon (otherwise known as the modern backbone of Salem's economy) is not for them, and that they will play no part in interpreting that history- the need for accurate interpretation apparently notwithstanding.D.M. Dunlaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267409761910578096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-87159341990801162832016-08-31T10:23:07.274-05:002016-08-31T10:23:07.274-05:00I assume you've contacted the Essex Museum?!I assume you've contacted the Essex Museum?!John L Smith Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209064146960498237noreply@blogger.com