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Title: Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts : containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: J.H. Beers & Co
Subjects: Massachusetts -- Genealogy Massachusetts -- Biography Bristol County (Mass.) -- Biography Plymouth County (Mass.) -- Biography Barnstable County (Mass.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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t, and,visiting Bridgeport, Conn., was there intro-duced to Charles S. Stratton, the famous Gen-eral Tom Thumb, to whom she was marriedFeb. 10, 1863, in Grace (Church, New YorkCity. During a married life of over twentyyears their fortunes were marked by popularfavor everywliere, not only because of the in-terest attaching to tliemselves and the enter-tainments they ffave, but also because of theirgenial, happy temperaments and high intelli-gence, which won them the esteem and friend-ship of cultivated people in every land. Fewwomen in any station of life have enjoyed theadvantages of travel and association with thosein the higher walks of life that the CountessMagri has had in her Ion? public career, andshe has improved these advantages to the ut-most, not merely for professional purposes butas opportunities for mental culture which onlya woman possessed of strong mind and ambi-tions could recognize. After a tour of the United States—East.West and South—and Canada thev sailed from
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SOUTHEASTJ;K.N .MASSACHUSETTS 1G75 New York for Londoii, where they remainedseveral weeks, during which time, in Muvem-ber, 1J>()4, they were pret^ented to their KoyalHighnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,at Marlborough House. After a trip to Paris,France, during which they were presented toEmperor Napoleon III. and Empress Eugenie,they returned to London to play an engage-ment at St. James Hall, and it was duringthis visit to the metropolis of the world tliatthey were commanded to appear before HerMost Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and togive their entertainment before the royalfamily, the Countess still having the gift pre-sented her by the Queen on that occasion.Following this engagement tli^y toured Eng-land, Ireland, Scotland. Wales and the Conti-nent of Europe before returning to the UnitedStates, in every part of which country theyappeared until General Tom Thumb decidedto commence a tour of the world, in those daysa much more ambitious project than now.The party co

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