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MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 
Ko. 218.] ■ OCTOBER 1, 1811. [3ofVoi,.32. 
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ORiGlNAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine.^ 
SIR, 
S many erroneous reports are in cir¬ 
culation respecting the celebrated 
Ann Moore, of Titbury, Staffordshire, 
sf you think it may not prove unaccept- 
tible to your readers to admit the follow- 
jog account of a visit to her, on the 15th 
jnstant, into your ekcellent publication, 
YOU will oblige me, as it will satisfy 
4lie public, that she, not only still lives, 
liut, differs little irt appearance from 
ilie stare I ^aw her in nearly eleven 
Mionths since. As my object is to repre¬ 
sent truth, I shall endeavour to lay before 
you the circumstances in the most simple 
form, exactly as they took place. But, 
before I relate the conversation I had 
xvitli Ann Moore, and the remarks made, 
2 t may not be amiss hrst to inform you 
of my motives and proceedings, imme¬ 
diately before I went to see this extra¬ 
ordinary woman. SoOn after I reached 
Titbury, I iiKjuired for Mr. Jackson, at 
whose house I understood Ann Moore 
had been confined sixteen days and six¬ 
teen nights, without ever taking the least 
solid food. Mr. J, assured me, the motive 
xvhich induced him to receive Ann Moore 
into ills house, was an expectation in 
his own mind, that the experiment would 
boon detect the imposition practised by 
the woman; for he did not then believe 
her to be otherwise than a bad character; 
he had known lier for many years, and 
never thought well of her. At my re- 
Cjuest Mr. Jackson led me into the par- 
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* Birmwgham, August 20 , 1811 . 
SIR, 
If gives me pleasure to meet the wishes 
©f a respectable friend, to transrrfit the en¬ 
closed narrative fora place, in your Magazine j 
as the singularity of the case must give your 
numerous rfjadeis a peculiar interest in it, 
and on the exactness and veracity of the nar¬ 
rator they may rely wi&h the fullest con¬ 
fidence. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
Joshua Touemin. 
To Sir Richard Phillips^ 
Monthly Mag. No, 213, 
lour, where she had been kept, and, owing 
to some one of his lainily being unwell 
at the time I was there, the small bed on 
which A. Moore had lain, was in the 
room; there were two doors in the par- 
bur, one leading into another apartment 
ot his house, and the other opening di¬ 
rectly into the street. In order to pre¬ 
vent ariy conmmnication with liis servants 
during the time of watciiing, Mr. Jack- 
son had seals placed on the inner door, 
so that no individual should pass or 
repass through it into the room where 
the woman was confined, and that ail 
admittance should be through the street- 
door only. Mr. Jackson said, with great 
difficulty he procured suitable persons to 
attend as a vvacch, for he w’as not wiilino- 
to admit such as were any way related or 
connected with her, or such as believed 
in the report. Mr. Jackson produced 
me the ongiPa! book which contained 
the names of the different person.s who 
composed >the watch. A male and 
female generally sat up together, and 
were every four iiours relieved by two 
more persons taking their place, until 
the sixteen days and nights were elapsed, 
during which lime no food was given to 
her. 
Thus convinced of the sincerity of 
A. Moore^s profession, Mr. Jackson had 
her safely conveyed back to her own 
habitation —Without entering into fur¬ 
ther particulars respecting the conver¬ 
sation I liad with this gentleman, I will 
only observe, that his situation in life 
appears very respectable, and his under¬ 
standing eijually so. I requested a son 
of Mr. Jackson (a young man about 
twenty years) to accompany me to Ann 
Moore-s, which request he cheerfully com¬ 
plied with. On entering the room'wjiere 
Alin Moore was, 1 walked directly up to 
her, took lier by the hand, and, wliilo 
feeling her pulse, which beat very re¬ 
gular, I asked her, if she ever remem¬ 
bered to have seen me? upon which she 
boked stcdfastly upon me, and replied, 
