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In 1841, Mary Rogers’ corpse was found floating in the Hudson River. At only 20, the “beautiful cigar girl” was a local celebrity even before her mysterious death. Mary had many admirers, including a fiancé, an ex-fiancé, the boss who hired her for her looks, the men to whom she sold cigars, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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