Alyssa True’s Reviews > A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 > Status Update
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"Martha never mentioned these divorces or any others in the diary. Still, her quiet entries suggest the realities of maritime marriage. After a delivery at Nathan Burges's house, she wrote drily, 'Her husband is at Sea if living.'"
— Mar 09, 2026 11:51AM
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Alyssa True
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"A delivery in Hallowell was a kind of muster, and Martha Ballard was both captain and clerk."
So beautiful.
— Mar 08, 2026 08:01AM
So beautiful.
Alyssa True
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The endnote(26) on this page leads me to an oral history report: "Appropriately, this story was passed to me orally (via telephone) by Arlene Gilbert, who got it from Maud Mosher, who got it from Ethel Riccius King, who wrote down the words of Parthenia Porter Folsom, Pamela's daughter."
— Feb 25, 2026 02:48PM
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"Beyond the physical comfort of hot tea or a soothing syrup was the comfort of an idea: Nature offered solutions to its own problems."
— Feb 24, 2026 09:02AM
