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Molly Pitcher: Mary Ludwig Hays

Molly Pitcher: Mary Ludwig Hays . Lauren Huff . Early Life. She was born on October 13, 1754 Her parents are German Imigrints . When she was 13, she was sent to work as a domestic servant for Dr. William Irvine in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. . John Casper hays.

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Molly Pitcher: Mary Ludwig Hays

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  1. Molly Pitcher: Mary Ludwig Hays Lauren Huff

  2. Early Life • She was born on October 13, 1754 • Her parents are German Imigrints. • When she was 13, she was sent to work as a domestic servant for Dr. William Irvine in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

  3. John Casper hays • When Mary was Thirteen, she married a man named John Hays • John was a barber in Carlisle Pennsylvania • He initially served in Col. Thomas Proctor's First Pennsylvania Artillery (1775–76)

  4. Life in the war • Her husband was a private in the Battle of Monmouth • She eventually joined her husband in the war as a camp follower during the Philadelphia Campaign • She earned her title “Molly Pitcher” from carrying pitchers of water to her husband’s campsite

  5. After the war • After the war Mary and William went back to Pennsylvania and settled in Carlisle • Mary went back to work as a “charwomen” in the State House of Carlisle • Several years later, John died

  6. Later in life

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