id: MH-001
title: Mary E. Hart — Evergreen burial index
category: Burial records
date: 1872-10-18 as indexed
status: Factual extract included
summary: Evergreen’s current search displays MARY E HART; Died: 10/18/1872; Age: 47; Section: EVERGREEN AVENUE; Plot: 50; Grave: 4.
url: https://evergreencem.org/search-burial-records/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / webCemeteries
notes: This is a transcription of displayed database fields, not an original burial register or certificate. The label Died and October 18 are preserved. The monument gives October 15. Request the underlying ledger to determine whether the index contains a burial date or a transcription error. Query: Mary Hart.
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id: MH-002
title: Mary E. Hart — monument inscription
category: Monument
date: 1824–1872; monument date unverified
status: Transcription included
summary: The inscription records birth on December 16, 1824 and death at midnight on October 15, 1872, following a collapse at noon. These dates give age 47, not 48. The inscription does not state a medical diagnosis or prove premature burial.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/midnight-mary-new-haven/
credit: Mary E. Hart monument; inscription also reproduced on Evergreen’s linked memorial
notes: Historical inscription transcribed as published; lineation and punctuation should be checked against a new complete photograph. Its biblical phrase echoes Job 34:20. No current marker photograph is reproduced.
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transcription: THE PEOPLE SHALL BE TROUBLED AT MIDNIGHT AND PASS AWAY
AT HIGH NOON
JUST FROM, AND ABOUT TO RENEW
HER DAILY WORK, IN HER FULL STRENGTH OF
BODY AND MIND
MARY E. HART
HAVING FALLEN PROSTRATE:
REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS, UNTIL SHE DIED AT MIDNIGHT,
OCTOBER 15, 1872
BORN DECEMBER 16, 1824
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id: MH-003
title: Mary E. Hart — operator-linked memorial
category: Folklore
date: Undated modern page
status: Linked source
summary: The cemetery-linked memorial repeats October 15 and presents the midnight curse, premature-burial and ghost traditions. Its narrative is displayed under an Obituary heading, but it is a modern commemorative account, not a recovered 1872 newspaper obituary.
url: https://remembermyjourney.com/memorials/mary-e-hart?id=Nlde9w6N
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / Remember My Journey
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. Its age 48 conflicts with the monument’s birth and death dates. The page also confirms Evergreen Avenue, plot 50, grave 4.
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id: MH-004
title: Fidelia Hart — nearby indexed plot
category: Burial records
date: 08/14/1885 as indexed
status: Factual extract included
summary: Evergreen search displays FIDELIA HART; Died: 08/14/1885; Age: 85; Section: EVERGREEN AVENUE; Plot: 50; Grave: 3.
url: https://evergreencem.org/search-burial-records/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / webCemeteries
notes: Read directly from the public search. Nearby plot numbers do not establish a family relationship or the physical arrangement of graves. Index dates are retained without silently correcting them. Search by the displayed name.
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id: MH-005
title: James P. Hart — nearby indexed plot
category: Burial records
date: 01/12/1877 as indexed
status: Factual extract included
summary: Evergreen search displays JAMES P. HART; Died: 01/12/1877; Age: 60; Section: EVERGREEN AVENUE; Plot: 51; Grave: 1.
url: https://evergreencem.org/search-burial-records/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / webCemeteries
notes: Read directly from the public search. Nearby plot numbers do not establish a family relationship or the physical arrangement of graves. Index dates are retained without silently correcting them. Search by the displayed name.
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id: MH-006
title: Joanna Hart — nearby indexed plot
category: Burial records
date: 01/31/1870 as indexed
status: Factual extract included
summary: Evergreen search displays JOANNA HART; Died: 01/31/1870; Age: 77; Section: EVERGREEN AVENUE; Plot: 51; Grave: 2.
url: https://evergreencem.org/search-burial-records/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / webCemeteries
notes: Read directly from the public search. Nearby plot numbers do not establish a family relationship or the physical arrangement of graves. Index dates are retained without silently correcting them. Search by the displayed name.
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id: MH-007
title: Susan Pierpont — nearby indexed plot
category: Burial records
date: 07/23/1887 as indexed
status: Factual extract included
summary: Evergreen search displays SUSAN PIERPONT; Died: 07/23/1887; Age: 94; Section: EVERGREEN AVENUE; Plot: 51; Grave: 3.
url: https://evergreencem.org/search-burial-records/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery / webCemeteries
notes: Read directly from the public search. Nearby plot numbers do not establish a family relationship or the physical arrangement of graves. Index dates are retained without silently correcting them. Search by the displayed name.
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id: MH-008
title: Hart genealogy — title page (1875)
category: Historical scans
date: 1875
status: Scan included
summary: Title page identifies Alfred Andrews’s Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632–1875, published by Austin Hart, New Britain, and printed by The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford.
url: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00inandr/page/n11/mode/1up
credit: Alfred Andrews; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. Image stored as lossless WebP; decoded pixels are unchanged from the prior PNG.
file: scans/andrews-1875-title-page-scan.webp
transcription: GENEALOGICAL  HISTORY 
OF 
Deacon  Stephen  Hart 
AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS. 
1632.  1875. 
WITH    AN    INTRODUCTION    OF    MISCELLANEOUS    HARTS    AND    THEIR    PRO- 
GENITORS,   AS   FAR  AS    KNOWN;    TO   WHICH    IS    ADDED   A   LIST 
OF  ALL  THE  CLERGY  OF  THE  NAME  FOUND,  ALL5THE 
PHYSICIANS,    ALL    THE    LAWYERS,   THE 
AUTHORS,  AND   SOLDIERS. 
ALFRED  ANDREWS,  NEW  BRITAIN,  CONN., 
MEMBER    OF    CONNECTICUT    AND    WISCONSIN     HISTORICAL    SOCIETIES,    AUTHOR    OF     "HISTORY    OF    NEW 
BRITAIN,    CONN.,"     "  ANDREWS'    MEMORIAL,"    AND     "' PEDIGREE   OF   THE    HARTS." 
PUBLISHED    EY 
AUSTIN    HART,  Esq.,  NEW  BRITAIN.  CONN. 
HARTFORD: 
The  Case,  Lockwood  cS:  Braixard  Co.,  Printers. 
■S75. 

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id: MH-009
title: Hart genealogy — John Ariadna and Joanna Hart, p. 438
category: Historical scans
date: 1875
status: Scan included
summary: Describes physician John Ariadna Hart’s marriage to Joanna Porter in 1815 and lists their son James Porter Hart, born July 27, 1817, Yale class of 1840. This is family context for names in the adjacent indexed plot.
url: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00inandr/page/n476/mode/1up
credit: Alfred Andrews; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. This page does not name Mary as James’s wife. Image stored as lossless WebP; decoded pixels are unchanged from the prior PNG.
file: scans/andrews-1875-page-438-scan.webp
transcription: 438  HAET     FAMILY. 
Charlotte  Overton,  daughter  of  Seth,  of  Chatham,  Conn.     They  had 
no  children. 
1  SOS>^.  Natchez,  Miss. 
Doctor  James  Everlin  Hart,  Natchez,  Miss.,  second  son  of  Dr. 
John  Hart,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Wilhams),  born  November  8th, 
1788,  at  Farming-ton.  •  He  first  located  in  Wintonbury,  (now  Bloom- 
field,)  Conn.,  and  from  thence  he  removed  to  Natchez,  Miss.,  where  he 
became  a  distinguished  and  successful  physician.  He  died  there  of 
yellow  fever,  July  6th,  1823,  aged  33  years.     He  left  no  family. 
1  SOS.  Natchez,  Miss. 
Doctor  John  Ariadna  Hart,  Natchez,  Miss.,  third  son  of  Dr.  John 
Hart,  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Williams),  born  Novem- 
ber 17th,  1790,  at  Farmington;  married  February  27th,  1815,  Joanna 
Porter,  daughter  of  Samuel,  of  Berlin,  born  March  20th,  1792,  at 
Berlin,  where  he  was  a  practicing  physician  until  he  removed  to  Natchez, 
where  he  became  associated  with  his  brother,  James,  and  was  highly 
successful  until  his  premature  death.  He  taught  penmanship  from 
Gettysburg  to  Tennessee.  He  was  a  botanist,  and  was  familiar  with 
plants — from  the  hchen  on  the  bleak  rock  of  the  north,  to  the  magnolia 
of  the  south.  He  died  of  yellow  fever,  October  23d,  1822,  aged  32 
years. 
THEIR    CHILDREN,    BEING    THE    SEVENTH    GENERATION. 
Son,  born  March  2d,  1816,  at  Farmington;  died  March  3d,  1816,  aged  28 
hours. 
2189.     James  Porter,  born  July  27th,  1817,  at  Farmington.     He  graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1840. 
John  Linne,  born  at  Natchez,  March  6th,  1822;  died  July  30th,  1823,  aged  1 
year. 
X  S033^.  Farmington,  Conn. 
Elizabeth  Lawrence  Hart,  only  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Hart,  of 
Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Williams),  born  April  9th,  ]  793, 
in  Farmington,  and  died  there  November  13th,  1807,  in  her  15th  year. 
A  sermon  was  preached  at  her  funeral  by  Eev.  Noah  Porter,  D.  D., 
from  1  Peter  i.  24,  25 — "For  all  flesh  is  as  grass,  and  all  the  glory  of 
man  as  the  flower  of  grass.  The  grass  withereth,  and  the  flower 
thereof  falleth  away;  but  the  word  of  the  Lord  endureth  for  ever." 
1  S04.  Blendon,  Ohio. 
Gideon  Williams  Hart,  Worthington,  Ohio,  fourth  son  of  Doctor 
John  Hart,  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Williams),  born  July 

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id: MH-010
title: Hart genealogy — James Porter Hart, p. 495
category: Historical scans
date: 1875
status: Scan included
summary: Entry 2189 identifies James Porter Hart as son of John Ariadna Hart and Joanna Porter, Yale class of 1840, with theological studies, residence in New Haven in 1872 and an interest in phonography.
url: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00inandr/page/n537/mode/1up
credit: Alfred Andrews; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. This entry does not establish Mary’s marriage or maiden name. Image stored as lossless WebP; decoded pixels are unchanged from the prior PNG.
file: scans/andrews-1875-page-495-scan.webp
transcription: BRANCH     OF     THOMAS.  495 
branch  of  the  Mattabesett,  and  the  former  site  of  Percival's  Mills.  His 
face  is  very  fairly  represented  in  the  engraving  on  the  opposite  page, 
and  furnished  by  him  at  my  urgent  solicitation,  for  which  he  has  my 
thanks. 
THEIR    CHILDREN,    BEING    THE    EIGHTH    GENERATION. 
2717.  Louisa  M.,  born  August  28th,  184.5;  married  October  20th,  1866,  Frederic  A. 
Cowles. 
Sarah  WoodrufF,  born  August  18th,  1847;'died  May  30th,  1864,  aged  16  years 
and  9  months. 
EllaM.,  born  November  11th,  1849;  died  of  consumption,  November  20th, 
1860,  aged  11  years. 
2718.  Era  Thomas,  born  July  25th,  1852. 
2719.  Francis  Gillette,  bom  March  15th,  1855. 
2720.  Leuman  Pease,  born  June  11th,  1858. 
S  1  SO.  New  Haven,  Com. 
James  Porter  Hart,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  second  son  of  Dr.  John 
Ariadna  Hart,  of  Natchez,  Miss.,  and  his  wife,  Joanna  (Porter),  born 
July  27th,  1817,  at  Farmington,  Conn.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1840,  and  studied  theology  at  New  Haven,  where  he  was  residing 
in  1872,  and  proposes  to  represent  languages  by  letters. 
2 1  04.  New  Britain,  Conn. 
Selah  Hart,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  second  son  of  Deacon  Ehjah 
Hart,  of  the  same  place,  and  his  wife,  Anna,  daughter  of  Hezekiah 
Andrews,  born  November  6th,  1784,  at  New  Britain.  He  was  a  cooper 
by  trade,  but  followed  farming.  He  married  October  5th,  1805,  Je- 
mima, daughter  of  David  Webster,  Esq.,  of  Berlin,  Conn.,  and  his 
wife,  Anna  (Kelsey),  born  April  5th,  1783.  They  settled  in  Hart 
Quarter,  a  locality  of  New  Britain,  only  a  few  rods  from  the  site  of 
his  great-grandfather,  the  first  Deacon  Elijah.  They  became  members 
of  the  First  Church,  August  5th,  1821.  He  had  the  military  rank  of 
major.  He  kept  a  hotel  some  years,  and  had  one  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 
He  was  an  effective  farmer.  He  died  of  dropsy,  September  7th,  1851, 
aged  G8.  His  widow  died  July  6th,  1872,  aged  89  years,  3  months, 
and  1  day.  She  was  distinguished  for  her  tall,  qiieenly  form,  and  lady- 
like appearance  and  manners. 
THEIR   CHILDREN,   BEING    THE   EIGHTH   GENERATION. 
2721.  Edward,  born  September  4th,  1806;  married  March  26th,  1834,  Viana  Perry, 
of  Egremont. 
2722.  Selah,  born  November  25th,  1808;  married  November  1 1  th,  1829,  Sarah  North. 
2723.  Nelson,  born  November  25th,  1812;  married  October  8th,  1834,  Lucy  Jane 
Dewy. 

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id: MH-011
title: Yale obituary — James Porter Hart, p. 261
category: Historical scans
date: 1877
status: Scan included
summary: The obituary reports James Porter Hart’s death on January 10, 1877, aged 59, and a February 11, 1846 marriage to Mary E. Pierpont of New Haven. It says she survived him with one son.
url: https://archive.org/details/1870t80obituary00yaleuoft
credit: Yale College; Robarts Library, University of Toronto / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. The survival statement conflicts with identifying this wife as Mary who died in 1872. The 1873 Fidelia marriage notice supplies another lead, not a conclusive resolution. The obituary date and age also differ from Evergreen’s James entry.
file: scans/yale-obituary-page-261-source.jpg
transcription: Obituary record for graduates deceased during the academical year ending June 1877, in the bound volume 1870–1880. Yale University. Internet Archive contributor: Robarts — University of Toronto. The item copyright-evidence statement dates the bound volume 1880.

1840.
James Porter Hart, second son of Dr. John A. Hart, and grandson of Dr. John Hart (Y. C. 1776), both of Farmington, Conn., was born in Farmington, July 27, 1817. His mother was Joanna, daughter of Samuel Porter, of Berlin, Conn.
He spent the three years after graduation in the Yale Divinity School, and afterwards resided in New Haven, where he died Jan. 10, 1877, aged 59 years.
He was interested in the science of phonography, and published several tracts on that subject. At an earlier period he took a warm interest in the settlement of fugitive slaves in Canada.
He was married, Feb. 11, 1846, to Mary E. Pierpont, of New Haven, who survives him, with one son.

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id: MH-012
title: Benham’s 1872–73 New Haven directory — Mrs. Mary E. Hart, p. 261
category: Historical scans
date: 1872 (directory for 1872–73)
status: Scan included
summary: The directory lists Mrs. Mary E. Hart at 269 Orange and James P. Hart at 269 Orange, corner Bradley. This is a contemporary name-and-address lead; the directory alone does not establish that this Mary is the woman buried in plot 50.
url: https://archive.org/details/1872NewHavenCTDirectory
credit: J. H. Benham, printer and publisher, New Haven / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. Do not replace the documented address with the Winthrop Avenue address used in later ghost stories.
file: scans/benham-1872-directory-page-261.jpg
transcription: Benham’s New Haven Directory and Annual Advertiser, 1872–’73. New Haven: J. H. Benham, 1872. Printed page 261. Selected visually checked entries:
Hart, James P., 269 Orange c Bradley
Hart, Mrs. Mary E., 269 Orange
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id: MH-013
title: College Courant — James P. Hart and Fidelia Pierpont marriage notice
category: Newspapers
date: 1873-10-04
status: Search-index lead; scan not obtained
summary: Yale Personals in The College Courant, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 143–144, reports the September 22 marriage of James P. Hart and Miss Fidelia Pierpont, both of New Haven. This is a related-person notice, not Mary’s obituary.
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44975332
credit: The College Courant / JSTOR
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Retain author, publication and digitizing repository credits. The issue is identified as public domain in JSTOR’s catalog. Compare the actual marriage record before resolving the conflicting 1877 obituary. Notice wording was recovered from the search index. The attempted PDF returned a client challenge; its page image was not inspected.
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id: MH-014
title: Census household leads, 1850–1870
category: Family research
date: 1850; 1860; 1870
status: Underlying records not retrieved
summary: A 2017 genealogy study reports Mary E. Hart with Susan Pierpoint/Pierpont in 1850 and 1860 New Haven and 1870 Guilford; James P. Hart appears as a child in the first two households. It reports Mary as a seamstress in 1860.
url: https://rootsfinder.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/looking-at-midnight-marys-family-for-fun/
credit: Lisa Rex, Rootsfinder Family History
notes: Secondary-reported leads; original census images and identity linkage remain unverified. FamilySearch record identifiers: M685-X75 (1850), MHRM-XCB (1860), MN7J-FPD (1870).
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id: MH-015
title: Probate and relationship leads
category: Family research
date: 1870; 1877; 1884–1885
status: Underlying records not retrieved
summary: The same genealogy study points to Joanna Hart’s 1870 estate, James P. Hart’s 1877 estate and Fidelia’s 1884 will. These may clarify family identities and cemetery-lot ownership.
url: https://rootsfinder.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/looking-at-midnight-marys-family-for-fun/
credit: Lisa Rex, Rootsfinder Family History
notes: No original probate image is included. Treat the blog’s relationships as leads until the wills, inventories and distributions are inspected. Search Pierpont and Pierpoint variants.
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id: MH-016
title: Mary’s death record or certificate
category: Records to obtain
date: October 1872
status: Not obtained
summary: No original Mary Hart death certificate, town death entry or physician’s return was recovered in this research pass. New Haven Health directs researchers seeking records before 1877 to the Connecticut State Library.
url: https://nhvhealth.org/vital-statistics/
credit: New Haven Health Department
notes: Ask for the original entry and any surviving return, including date, cause, residence, age, informant and book/page reference. The New Haven 1897–2001 index in the Saint Bernard collection cannot cover this 1872 death. Do not treat later claims of apoplexy as a verified diagnosis.
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id: MH-017
title: Burial register, permit, lot ownership and grave plan
category: Records to obtain
date: October 1872; plots 50–51
status: Not obtained
summary: Ask Evergreen for the underlying interment ledger, burial permit or burial return, lot-owner register and authenticated plot diagram for Mary E. Hart, Evergreen Avenue, plot 50, grave 4. Include adjoining plot 51 for comparison.
url: https://evergreencem.org/contact-us/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery
notes: Office: 769 Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, New Haven, CT 06519; 203-624-5505 or 203-865-5802; djfiore@evergreencem.org. Clarify the index’s Died: 10/18/1872 against the monument’s October 15. The cemetery states it has preserved records since 1848; this collection does not assert its records were lost.
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id: MH-018
title: New Haven vital-record collection, FamilySearch catalog
category: Records to obtain
date: 1639–1914 coverage
status: Catalog lead
summary: Catalog 580583 describes New Haven records of births, marriages and deaths, 1639–1902, and indexes, 1639–1914. Locate the volume covering deaths in October 1872 and the corresponding Hart index entry.
url: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/580583
credit: New Haven Registrar of Vital Statistics / Town Clerk; FamilySearch
notes: Catalog identifier corroborated through indexed references; the catalog page and original record images could not be retrieved here. Image availability may depend on sign-in or an affiliate-library visit. No film or image number is asserted.
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id: MH-019
title: Hale inscription survey — New Haven Museum MSS 23
category: Records to obtain
date: Survey 1934; finding aid 1975
status: Finding aid linked
summary: The museum’s MSS 23 inventory places Evergreen Cemetery inscriptions in Box 1, folders E–I. Box 3 holds the separate name index. Request the Hart and Pierpont entries with page headings and surrounding inscriptions.
url: https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MSS-23.pdf
credit: New Haven Museum / Whitney Library
notes: The finding aid is not the complete inscription survey. Also cataloged as Ref F104.N6 H244. A 1934 transcription can document earlier marker readings, but is not a complete interment ledger.
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id: MH-020
title: New Haven newspapers — October 1872 search route
category: Records to obtain
date: 1872 and later
status: Holdings verified; clipping not obtained
summary: New Haven Free Public Library holds the Register from January 1871 and Palladium runs covering 1872. Request death and funeral notices for October 15–20, 1872, using Mary E. Hart, Mrs. Hart and Pierpont/Pierpoint variants.
url: https://nhfpl.org/how-do-i/research/local-history/
credit: New Haven Free Public Library
notes: Ives Main Library, 133 Elm Street; reference desk 203-946-8130; refdesk@nhfpl.org. The local-history collection also has clipping files. No 1872 obituary or funeral clipping has yet been obtained.
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id: MH-021
title: Midnight Mary inspires a Halloween poem
category: Newspapers
date: 2011-10-28
status: Article and photo linked
summary: Jim Shelton reports Vincent Casanova’s poem inspired by the local legend. The story documents Mary’s later cultural remembrance; it does not reproduce her death certificate. Arnold Gold’s accompanying photograph shows Casanova at the grave.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Midnight-Mary-inspires-as-muse-for-Clinton-man-s-11570226.php
credit: Jim Shelton; photograph Arnold Gold / New Haven Register
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. The poem is not reproduced.
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id: MH-022
title: Lantern tour visits Midnight Mary
category: Newspapers
date: 2012-10-14
status: Article and photo linked
summary: Alexandra Sanders reports an Evergreen lantern tour associated with the New Haven Museum. An Arnold Gold photograph shows Mary’s grave. The article is evidence of public interpretation of the legend in 2012.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Take-a-lantern-and-go-visit-Midnight-Mary-at-New-11525692.php
credit: Alexandra Sanders; photograph Arnold Gold / New Haven Register
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established.
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id: MH-023
title: Midnight Mary continues to haunt Evergreen Cemetery
category: Newspapers
date: 2017-10-20; updated 2017-10-23
status: Article and photos linked
summary: Jessica Lerner reports local legends, museum interpretation and cemetery manager Dale Fiore’s recollection. Peter Hvizdak photographs document the monument. The supernatural anecdotes are recollections, not independently verified events.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Midnight-Mary-continues-to-haunt-Evergreen-12294839.php
credit: Jessica Lerner; photographs Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. The article’s age 48 differs from the monument’s dates.
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id: MH-024
title: Connecticut Folklore: Fact or Fiction?
category: Folklore
date: 1987
status: Curriculum linked
summary: Carolyn F. Stephenson’s Yale–New Haven Teachers Institute unit discusses Midnight Mary on PDF pages 5–6. It presents premature-burial, ghost and curse variants as material for studying folklore. It is an early dated written account located in this search, not proof of the story’s origin.
url: https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/files/87.04.05.pdf
credit: Carolyn F. Stephenson; Yale–New Haven Teachers Institute, 1987, IV, unit 87.04.05
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. Its diagnosis of apoplexy is not accompanied here by a recovered medical record. The bibliography points to David E. Philips, Legendary Connecticut (1984), and Glenn E. White, Folk Tales of Connecticut (1977); those books were not examined.
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id: MH-025
title: Damned Connecticut — Midnight Mary
category: Folklore
date: 2009-01-12
status: Article and photos linked
summary: Ray Bendici’s account transcribes the monument and discusses the premature-burial, vanishing-ghost and midnight-curse traditions. Steve Frank’s photographs document a snowy cemetery visit. The article and reader comments show modern storytelling, not eyewitness evidence from 1872.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/midnight-mary-new-haven/
credit: Ray Bendici; photographs Steve Frank / Damned Connecticut
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established.
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id: MH-026
title: The Ghost of Midnight Mary
category: Folklore
date: 2015-06-28
status: Article and photos linked
summary: Peter Muise recounts a visit to the grave and discusses the legend. The post includes modern monument photographs and a claim about a later monument restoration; no restoration invoice or association record was obtained here.
url: https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-ghost-of-midnight-mary.html
credit: Peter Muise / New England Folklore
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established.
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id: MH-027
title: New England Legends, episode 221
category: Audio and culture
date: 2021-11-11
status: Audio and transcript linked
summary: Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger’s episode explores Midnight Mary at Evergreen Cemetery. The dramatized storytelling is a record of contemporary folklore, not a reconstruction authenticated by an 1872 death or burial document.
url: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-221-midnight-mary-in-evergreen-cemetery/
credit: Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger / New England Legends
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established.
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id: MH-028
title: The Curse of Midnight Mary — Loren Connors
category: Audio and culture
date: Released 2009-02-17
status: Album linked
summary: The artist’s album page says the recordings were made at Evergreen Cemetery in 1981 and rediscovered in 2008. Nine pieces connect Mary’s legend with experimental acoustic music. The artwork is a modern artistic representation, not a lifetime portrait of Mary.
url: https://lorenconnorsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/the-curse-of-midnight-mary
credit: Loren Connors; mastered by James Plotkin
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. Album page explicitly states all rights reserved. Recording circumstances are the artist’s account.
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id: MH-029
title: Monument photograph — Flickr
category: Photographs
date: Taken 2008-01-01; uploaded 2008-07-12
status: Photo linked
summary: A visitor photograph identifies Mary’s gravesite at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. It documents the monument in the modern period, not Mary during her lifetime.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nespirit/2660901748
credit: 826 PARANORMAL / Flickr
notes: All rights reserved on the photograph’s page; image not copied into this archive.
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id: MH-030
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — Atlas Obscura gallery
category: Photographs
date: Place entry 2012-05-21
status: Gallery linked
summary: The place entry includes contributor photographs of the grave and a folklore account adapted from J. W. Ocker’s New England Grimpendium. Individual photograph dates and rights must be checked on the source.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: J. W. Ocker and credited Atlas Obscura contributors
notes: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established.
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id: MH-031
title: NHI 1: Midnight Mary — Yale inscriptions project
category: Photographs
date: Page 2024-11-10
status: Photo and transcription lead
summary: A Yale-hosted inscriptions-project entry identifies Mary’s Evergreen monument and provides a photograph and transcription. The main page was intermittently unavailable during research; photographer identity and image date remain unverified.
url: https://campuspress.yale.edu/yaleinscriptions/2024/11/10/midnight-mary/
credit: New Haven Inscriptions project, Yale CampusPress
notes: Link only. No explicit open photo license was located. Page publication date does not establish when the photograph was taken.
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id: MH-032
title: Evergreen Cemetery plan, November 1848
category: Maps
date: 1848; published 1849
status: Historical map linked
summary: The plan appears in the 1849 Organization and By-laws of the Evergreen Cemetery Association, PDF page 4. It shows the cemetery’s early layout, 24 years before Mary’s death. No marker has been added purporting to locate her grave.
url: https://digitalcollections.drew.edu/SpecialCollections/19thCenturyPamphlets/Burial%2C_Cremation%2C_Cemeteries/19th_BurialCremation_Organization%20and%20By-Laws%20of%20the%20Evergreen%20Cemetery%20Association.pdf
credit: Evergreen Cemetery Association; S. Babcock, New Haven; Drew University Special Collections
notes: The historical publication is public domain by age. Drew’s repository policy requests permission for publication; this edition links to its copy and does not redistribute the scan.
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id: MH-033
title: New Haven bird’s-eye view, 1879
category: Maps
date: 1879
status: Historical map linked
summary: O. H. Bailey and J. C. Hazen’s city panorama supplies geographical context for late nineteenth-century New Haven. It is not a detailed cemetery lot plan or a picture of Mary’s residence.
url: https://www.loc.gov/item/75693153/
credit: O. H. Bailey and J. C. Hazen; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
notes: LOC item 75693153. A Commons copy is explicitly labeled public domain. Image download was unavailable in this session; no local map image is included.
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id: MH-034
title: Evergreen’s current cemetery maps
category: Maps
date: Current operator page
status: Maps linked
summary: The cemetery provides a dedicated maps page. Use an authenticated operator map and office guidance to interpret historic section and plot labels.
url: https://evergreencem.org/cemetery-maps/
credit: Evergreen Cemetery
notes: No surveyed grave coordinates or internal lot boundaries are reproduced here. Plot numbers in a table do not determine the spatial position of an unmarked grave.
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id: MH-035
title: A claimed 1979 college-newspaper series
category: Records to obtain
date: 1979 claimed; recollection 2012
status: Unverified lead
summary: A reader identifying himself as John Poulton recalled a 1979 University of New Haven newspaper series about Midnight Mary in a January 2012 comment. The actual issues were not located.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/midnight-mary-new-haven/
credit: Reader comment on Damned Connecticut; identity and recollection unverified
notes: Ask University of New Haven archives to check 1979 Charger Bulletin issues, especially October. Do not cite a specific 1979 article as recovered or use this recollection to date the legend’s origin.
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id: MH-036
title: Legends of Evergreen Cemetery — public history tour
category: Audio and culture
date: 2024-10-26
status: Past event linked
summary: The New Haven Preservation Trust event listing describes an Evergreen tour including Midnight Mary, led by Kyle Driebeek and Kimberly Carew. It documents the legend’s role in public history programming.
url: https://nhpt.org/events
credit: New Haven Preservation Trust
notes: Past event; not a current visiting schedule. No claim about supernatural events is adopted as historical fact.
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id: MH-037
title: Benham’s New Haven directory — title page
category: Historical scans
date: 1872 (directory for 1872–73)
status: Scan included
summary: The title page identifies Benham’s New Haven Directory and Annual Advertiser, 1872–’73, number thirty-three, printed and published by J. H. Benham in New Haven in 1872.
url: https://archive.org/details/1872NewHavenCTDirectory
credit: J. H. Benham / Internet Archive
notes: Public-domain historical publication. Whole right-hand title page extracted from the source spread; no decorative edits. Image source: https://archive.org/download/1872NewHavenCTDirectory/page/n17.jpg
file: scans/benham-1872-directory-title-page.jpg
transcription: Benham's New Haven Directory and Annual Advertiser, 1872–'73. Number Thirty-Three. New Haven: Printed and published by J. H. Benham. 1872.
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id: MH-038
title: NHI 1: Midnight Mary (Evergreen Cemetery) — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2024-11-10
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary E. Hart's pink granite grave monument and epitaph in Evergreen Cemetery.
url: https://campuspress.yale.edu/yaleinscriptions/2024/11/10/midnight-mary/
credit: Photographer unverified; New Haven - Yale Inscriptions
notes: Unverified; no open license confirmed. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-039
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary E. Hart grave, as identified in J.W. Ocker's Atlas Obscura listing.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: J.W. Ocker (credited as OddThingsIveSeen.com); Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-040
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 2
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Visitor photograph in the Midnight Mary grave gallery.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: huntberel / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-041
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 3
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Reverse face of the grave monument; source labels this Back of Grave.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: SemiruralYeti / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-042
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 4
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Side face of the grave monument; source labels this Side of grave.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: SemiruralYeti / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-043
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 5
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Additional visitor view in the Mary Hart grave gallery.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: SemiruralYeti / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-044
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 6
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Additional visitor view in the Mary Hart grave gallery.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: SemiruralYeti / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-045
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 7
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Additional visitor view in the Mary Hart grave gallery.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: SemiruralYeti / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-046
title: Grave of Midnight Mary — image 8
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-05-21
status: External photograph reference
summary: Visitor photograph in the Midnight Mary grave gallery.
url: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-midnight-mary
credit: missingfilm / Atlas Obscura User; Grave of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license displayed; page footer says All Rights Reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-047
title: Midnight Mary, New Haven — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: January 2009 (visit month stated in article)
status: External photograph reference
summary: Close view of Mary Hart's monument lettering.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/midnight-mary-new-haven/
credit: Steve Frank; Midnight Mary, New Haven
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://www.damnedct.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dsc00873-300x225.jpg

id: MH-048
title: Midnight Mary, New Haven — image 2
category: Grave photograph links
date: January 2009 (visit month stated in article)
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary Hart's large granite monument viewed from the cemetery road in winter.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/midnight-mary-new-haven/
credit: Steve Frank; Midnight Mary, New Haven
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://www.damnedct.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dsc00877-300x225.jpg

id: MH-049
title: Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2016-12-15
status: External photograph reference
summary: First view of the grave and its setting in a 2016 visitor account.
url: https://tm01001.blogspot.com/2016/12/ghosthauntinglegend-grave-of-midnight.html
credit: tm01001 (author identifies taking the photographs); Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-050
title: Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT — image 2
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2016-12-15
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary Hart's pink granite monument, with the epitaph face visible.
url: https://tm01001.blogspot.com/2016/12/ghosthauntinglegend-grave-of-midnight.html
credit: tm01001 (author identifies taking the photographs); Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-051
title: Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT — image 3
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2016-12-15
status: External photograph reference
summary: Third grave photograph accompanying the detailed epitaph transcription.
url: https://tm01001.blogspot.com/2016/12/ghosthauntinglegend-grave-of-midnight.html
credit: tm01001 (author identifies taking the photographs); Ghost/Haunting/Legend: The Grave of Midnight Mary - New Haven, CT
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-052
title: The Ghost of Midnight Mary — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: Shortly before June 28, 2015, per article; exact day unknown
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary Hart grave photograph placed immediately after the article's grave-location description.
url: https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-ghost-of-midnight-mary.html
credit: Peter Muise (attributed by firsthand visit narrative; no separate photo byline); The Ghost of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-053
title: The Ghost of Midnight Mary — image 2
category: Grave photograph links
date: Shortly before June 28, 2015, per article; exact day unknown
status: External photograph reference
summary: Additional photograph in the Mary Hart grave discussion; exact view should be checked before assigning a detailed caption.
url: https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-ghost-of-midnight-mary.html
credit: Peter Muise (attributed by firsthand visit narrative; no separate photo byline); The Ghost of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggY9qSdfyYYxsGKnsfXbnY1FgiFgaXyEiyXHTANJNSmi6W5PUTaJUliGebbQBuXjNGUnCnGLTGIo333LPFB1LbHQ57dGjlrhCJCiyATu3oJiaYOAu_kEmAHUI6JtjeFQ8kfoJJbTVj2DeB/s400/IMG_2755.JPG

id: MH-054
title: The Ghost of Midnight Mary — image 3
category: Grave photograph links
date: Shortly before June 28, 2015, per article; exact day unknown
status: External photograph reference
summary: Additional photograph in the Mary Hart grave discussion; exact view should be checked before assigning a detailed caption.
url: https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-ghost-of-midnight-mary.html
credit: Peter Muise (attributed by firsthand visit narrative; no separate photo byline); The Ghost of Midnight Mary
notes: No open license found. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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id: MH-055
title: New Haven, CT - Midnight Mary's Grave — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2017-09-05
status: External photograph reference
summary: Grave image accompanying a visitor's location tip.
url: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/9970
credit: Gretchen (associated contributor); New Haven, CT - Midnight Mary's Grave
notes: All rights reserved; page expressly forbids reproduction without written permission. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ct/CTNHAmidnightmary_gretchen.jpg

id: MH-056
title: New Haven, CT - Midnight Mary's Grave — image 2
category: Grave photograph links
date: April 2006 (photo-added date)
status: External photograph reference
summary: Earlier published visitor photograph of Midnight Mary's grave.
url: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/9970
credit: Photographer unverified; New Haven, CT - Midnight Mary's Grave
notes: All rights reserved; page expressly forbids reproduction without written permission. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ct/CTNHAmidnightmary1_drissel.jpg

id: MH-057
title: Midnight Mary continues to haunt Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2017-10-20; updated 2017-10-23
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary E. Hart's grave at Evergreen Cemetery, photographed for the New Haven Register.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Midnight-Mary-continues-to-haunt-Evergreen-12294839.php
credit: Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media; Midnight Mary continues to haunt Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven
notes: Copyrighted press photo; no open license displayed. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/66/71/11/14389861/4/rawImage.jpg

id: MH-058
title: Take a lantern and go visit Midnight Mary at New Haven cemetery — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2012-10-14
status: External photograph reference
summary: Mary Hart's gravestone photographed for a 2012 museum lantern-tour article.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Take-a-lantern-and-go-visit-Midnight-Mary-at-New-11525692.php
credit: Arnold Gold / New Haven Register; Take a lantern and go visit Midnight Mary at New Haven cemetery
notes: Copyrighted press photo; no open license displayed. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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external_image_url: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/64/42/42/13772975/4/1200x0.jpg

id: MH-059
title: The Haunting Legend of Midnight Mary at Evergreen Cemetery in CT — image 1
category: Grave photograph links
date: 2018-10-15
status: External photograph reference
summary: View of Mary Hart's epitaph reproduced from video credited to Marisol Velasco.
url: https://i95rock.com/midnight-mary-still-haunts-evergreen-cemetery-in-new-haven/
credit: Marisol Velasco (source credits a YouTube video; likely frame/screenshot); The Haunting Legend of Midnight Mary at Evergreen Cemetery in CT
notes: No open license; Townsquare Media footer says All rights reserved. Image reference and source credit included; photograph bytes are held by the publisher. Publication dates are not necessarily camera dates. Identification follows the publisher’s caption; image details have not been independently verified at full resolution.
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