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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Farmingtown, a 22-year-old woman traveling on foot abandoned her two-month-old infant son at a tavern overnight on last Tuesday. She absconded during the night, leaving the child alone in bed. Despite searches, her origins and whereabouts remain unknown. Local select-men are caring for the child.
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We hear from Farmingtown, that a well dress'd, likely woman about 22 years old, who was travelling on foot, with an infant male child, about two months old, in her arms, stopt at a tavern in that town last Tuesday Evening, where she procured lodgings for herself and child, and about 9 o'clock they went to bed - - - the next morning the child was found in bed alone the woman having absconded in the night ; and through the most diligent search has since been made for her, no intelligence can be procured where she came from, or where he is gone. The select-men of that town have taken proper care of the child.
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Primary Location
Farmingtown
Event Date
Last Tuesday Evening
Outcome
the child was found alone and is now under the care of the select-men; the woman absconded with no trace found.
Event Details
A well-dress'd, likely woman about 22 years old, travelling on foot with an infant male child about two months old, stopped at a tavern in Farmingtown last Tuesday evening, procured lodgings, and went to bed about 9 o'clock. The next morning, the child was found alone in bed as the woman had absconded in the night. Diligent searches yielded no information on her origins or whereabouts.