Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919

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Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump was born in Massachusetts and married Charles Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb, in 1863. For most of her life she made her living as a performer. Two years after Stratton's death she married Count Primo Magri.

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creatorOf Stratton, Mercy Lavinia Warren Bumpus, 1841-1919. Some of my life experiences / by Countess M. Lavinia Magri formerly Mrs. General Tom Thumb. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Photograph albums of Charles Sherwood Stratton ("General Tom Thumb"), Mercy Lavinia Warren Stratton, and others Houghton Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous Ephemera (#4682), Undated University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919. Lavinia Magri memoir, undated. New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Carte-de-visites, [ca. 1860-1880]. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Ormsby House (Carson City, Nev.). Ormsby House records, 1877-1884. Nevada State Historical Society
referencedIn Kilborne, Mary A. Mary A. Kilborne collection, 1831-1890s. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Holmes, Louise Chevallier. Reminiscences of San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late 19th century, ca. 1939. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896. Civil War era photograph album, 1860-1870. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Shrigley, G. A. Cleveland. Letters received : regarding Tom Thumb, 1866 Oct. 1-1952 Mar. 12 (bulk 1951 May 12-1952 Mar. 12). Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printed material, 1695-1937. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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associatedWith Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891. person
associatedWith Bleecker, Sylvester. person
associatedWith Holmes, Louise Chevallier. person
associatedWith Kilborne, Mary A. person
associatedWith Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) corporateBody
associatedWith Magri, Primo, 1849-1920. person
associatedWith Ormsby House (Carson City, Nev.) corporateBody
associatedWith Shrigley, G. A. Cleveland. person
associatedWith Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883. person
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Massachusetts MA US
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Circus performers
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
Dwarfs
People with disabilities and the performing arts
Voyages and travels
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Circus performers
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Birth 1841

Death 1919

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