Biography
Mary Tremblay was a member of Appeal to Reason who opposed the Seabrook nuclear power project in New Hampshire. After an initial February 22, 1982 leafletting protest and suspended sentence, the two returned to Public Service Company offices on February 26 and were jailed. They pleaded guilty and received six-month sentences. A contemporary follow-up confirms release on June 26, 1982 after four months in custody.
Sources: April15,1982 newsletter page1; Follow-up, printedpage8/PDF10. The initial February22 episode is not counted as continuous custody through the second arrest.
Contemporary anti-nuclear custody report
Mary Tremblay’s prison letter and the report distinguish February 22, 1982 leafletting arrests followed by suspended sentences and release from renewed February 26 arrests and actual imprisonment. She and David Slesinger were then serving imposed six-month terms, at Rockingham County and Hillsboro County respectively. Her letter describes diet, health, counseling and treatment concerns as her own contemporary account. This earlier report does not override their separately sourced June 26 discharge or substitute six imposed months for actual served time.
National No-Nukes Prison Support Collective newsletter No. 11, April 15, 1982, original pages 1, 3.
