Susannah Lattin

Susannah Lattin (1848-1868) died post-partum at an illegal adoption clinic at 6 Amity Place in New York City. Her death lead to an investigation which resulted in regulation of abortion clinics and adoptions in New York in 1868. (b. January 7, 1848; Famingdale, New York - d. August 27, 1868; 6 Amity Place, Manhattan, New York City)

Census

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  1850 census with Susannah Lattin
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  1860 census with Susannah Lattin

Tombstone

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  2002 fallen gravestone of Susannah Lattin (1848-1868) in Powell Cemetery

Chronological news articles

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  1868 August 29 in the Commercial Advertiser of New York City: A rather singular case of death ... *
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  1868 August 29 in the Brooklyn Eagle of Brooklyn, New York City: The Daughter Of A Resident Of Farmingdale Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances. The Body Found In A Lying-in Hospital, Etc. *
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  1868 August 29 in the New York Times of New York City: A Mysterious Case. A Missing Daughter Found Dead In a Private Lying-In Hospital. The Case in the Hands of the Coroner. ^
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  1868 August 30 in the New York Times of New York City: Local Intelligence. The Amity-Place Mystery. Inquest over the Remains of Susannah Lattin. How a Private Lying-in Hospital is Conducted. ^
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  1868 August 31 in the Brooklyn Eagle of Brooklyn, New York City: The Long Island Mystery. Investigation by Coroner Rollins of [New] York. The Father, Mother and Brother of the Deceased Girl on the Stand. Inside View of a Private Lying-in Hospital by a Medical Student. ^
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  1868 September 1 in Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, New York: The Long Island Mystery. Arrest of a Butcher on Suspicion of Murder. He is Sent to New York *
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  1868 September 4 in the Brooklyn Eagle of Brooklyn, New York City: The Long Island Mystery. Continuation of the Coroner's Inquest. The Friends of the Deceased Girl on the Stand.
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  1868 September 4 in the New York Times of New York City: Local Intelligence. The Amity-Place Mystery. Continuation of the Inquest by Coroner Rollins. Letter of the Deceased. Extraordinary Developments.
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  September 4, 1868 in the Commercial Advertiser of New York City: The Amity Street Case. Inquest on the Body of Miss Susan Lattin.
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  1868 September 4 in the New York Herald of New York City: The Amity Place Malpractice Case. Continuation of the inquest. Further Developments of the Hidden Ways of Metropolitan Life.
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  1868 September 9 in the New York Tribune of New York City: The Amity-Place Abortion Case.
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  1868 September 9 in Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, New York: The Long Island Mystery. Doctors Harrison and Grindle on the Stand. Conclusion of the Inquest. The Verdict.
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  1868 September 11 the Daily Eastern Argus of Portland, Maine: The latest New York sensation is that of the Amity place lying-in establishment

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Related People

• Aaron B. Rollins (1818-1878), the coroner
• Henry Dyer Grindle (1826-1902), the abortionist and illegal adoption physician
• Henry K. Lattin (1806-1894), her father from Farmingdale, New York
• George Lattin (1835-1909), her brother that testified at her inquest
• O.H. Smith, a policeman at the Forty-fourth Precinct in Manhattan
• George H. Powell (1830-?), a married cousin of Susannah Lattin, who worked as a butcher in Brooklyn
• George C. Houghton, he got her pregnant and denied it, then he fled to Philadelphia