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    Margaret M'Avoy (28 June 1800 – 18 August 1820) was a British impostor. M'Avoy was born in Liverpool in 1800. She allegedly went blind and she became well...
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    time Roscoe was asked to investigate the claims of the blind girl Margaret M'Avoy, who was said to be able to read using her fingers, at the request...
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  • were also involved in the investigation of the young Liverpool woman Margaret M'Avoy about whom Sandars wrote a report "Hints to credulity" that was critical...
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