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Pretty Mary the Tragic Tale of an Absent Maiden
The Sandy Hill community recalls Pretty Mary, an eighteen year old missing girl whose body is later found in a residence. An obituary from November 9 1841 details her troubled life, deserted by a former husband and abusive relationships, ending in a heartbroken death at age twenty two with an orphan child left behind. The piece frames her death amid social critique and notes the betrayals she suffered from a man in New York.
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