The Official Story
Chapter 9

What happened to Foster's wife while he was away?

There is no surviving testimony in the official record about what happened to Rebecca Foster while her husband, the Rev. Mr. Foster, was out of town.

The longest entry in Martha Ballard's diary contains our only clues.



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