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David G. Burnet to Mattie regarding family matters and marriage advice, approximately 1 May 1850-1870
Title
David G. Burnet to Mattie regarding family matters and marriage advice, approximately 1 May 1850-1870.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1850-1870?]
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Notes
Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Notes: There is no basis for the year of writing, except the author's life dates.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Burnet writes to a young girl who is feeling swings in emotion, and ascribes the problem to excessive indulgence in fashionable amusements. He advises putting a philosophical curb on our enjoyments and restrain[ing] them from exciting us too much, and preserving our minds from too great depression by contemplating the transitory nature of all earthly things. The rest of the letter continues with family news and concludes with general marriage advice.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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