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Mary Pitcher
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Mary Pitcher
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Thursday, September 01, 2016
How Moll Pitcher Told Fortunes
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When Lynn historian and poet Alonzo Lewis first wrote about Mary “Moll” Pitcher in 1829, he described her reading tea leaves. But he im...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Visiting Moll Pitcher, the Fortune-Teller of Lynn
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To visit the fortune-teller Mary “Moll” Pitcher , chroniclers of Lynn wrote, people looked for the house of Dr. Henry Burchstead. He was th...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Seeking a Clear Image of Moll Pitcher
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To figure out what sort of fortune-telling Mary “Moll” Pitcher of Lynn did requires getting around the romanticized descriptions and leg...
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Monday, August 29, 2016
The Fleeting Facts of Moll Pitcher’s Life
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Authors disagree about Mary (Moll) Pitcher ’s family background. When she died in 1813, she was said to be seventy-five years old, meaning...
Sunday, August 28, 2016
The Original Molly Pitcher
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As quoted yesterday, two publications from 1835—one in English and one in German —appear to be the first print appearances of the name “ M...
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