Lizzie Got Around

by Kat Koorey

First published in February/March, 2004, Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies.

Lizzie had been to Chicago as a child (R. 10)

Swansea on vacations with the family   (R. 50)

Marion on vacations with her friends  (R. 62)

European tour for 19 weeks  (R. 11)*

New Bedford at the Poole’s  (R. 62)

Westport at the Tripp’s  (R. 62)

Newport after the trial   (R. 262)

Chicago World Exposition  (R. 187)

Boston  (R. 309-310, 321)

Providence  (R. 304 & 306)

Tyngsboro  (R. 309-310)

Taunton  (R. 157)  – Not necessarily by choice Somerset  (R. 357-358) – dogs

Dedham  (R. 357-358) – dogs

Worcester  (R. 293 & 306) – to visit that “Stockwell” woman?

New York  & Washington, D.C.  (Kent 354-355)  

Compare this list to the legends that state that Lizzie hid out, ‘Laid Low’, was a recluse, or did not have a satisfying life. It’s interesting to realize that she went anywhere and everywhere she pleased. She’s pretty well-traveled after all.

*Lizzie’s 1880 trip was to London, Scotland, Paris, and Rome. (R. 11).

Sources

David Kent, The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook, Branden

Publishing Co., Boston, 1992.

Leonard Rebello, Lizzie Borden Past and Present,  Al-Zach Press, Fall River, Mass., 1999.