One Colonial Woman's World : The Life and Writings of Mehetabel Chandler Coit /
"This book reconstructs the life of Mehetabel Chandler Coit (1673-1758), the author of what may be the earliest surviving diary by an American woman. A native of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who later moved to Connecticut, she began her diary at the age of fifteen and kept it intermittently until sh...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The years before the diary, 1673/1688
- Coming of age, 1688/1693
- Marriage and motherhood, 1694/1696
- Establishing roots, 1697/1706
- Comings and goings, 1707/1711
- Mistress and matriarch, 1712/1725
- Letters from Martha, 1726/1730
- Transitions, 1731/1744
- Endings, 1745/1758.