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Mary Dyer and the Boston Martyrs

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Dyer's Reprieve From the Execution

D dire was not actually a last minute reprieve though Connecticut Governor John Winthrop the younger had also petitioned the Massachusetts government on her behalf. Officials wanted to make an example of the men while also blunting the impact of the executions by offering dire a reprieve. So many people came to see this execution that a bridge collapsed under their weight as they were leaving killing some of the spectators and injuring others.

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