Some of my life experiences / by Countess M. Lavinia Magri formerly Mrs. General Tom Thumb.

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Some of my life experiences / by Countess M. Lavinia Magri formerly Mrs. General Tom Thumb.

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Recollections of her marriages to Charles Stratton and to Primo Magri, of leaving New York City on the last train before the tracks were torn up by the draft rioters, of an eerie encounter with the Ku-Klux Klan and of her worldwide travels.

1 v. (42 p.) ; 29 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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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. ...

Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

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Charles Stratton (1838-1883), stage name General Tom Thumb, was an American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the circus impresario P.T. Barnum. He was not quite five years old when Barnum hired him for his museum, but Barnum publicized him as General Tom Thumb, an 11-year-old dwarf from England. He quickly became a celebrated figure in the United States and abroad. In 1863 Stratton married Lavinia Warren (1841–1919)—another of Barnum’s performers...

Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Magri, Primo, 1849-1920.

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