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Family life in England and America, 1690-1820. Volume 4, Managing families, II
Title
Family life in England and America, 1690-1820. Volume 4, Managing families, II / edited by Rachel Cope ; general editors, Rachel Cope, Amy Harris and Jane Hinckley.
ISBN
1000558843
1000561135
1003113087
9781000558845
9781000561135
9781003113089
9781138753327
Edition
First edition.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (472 pages).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Rachel Cope is an assistant professor of American religious history at Brigham Young University. She has been the recipient of a number of fellowships, each of which has enabled her study of women and conversion in the first half of the nineteenth century. Amy Harris is an assistant professor of British history and family history/genealogy at Brigham Young University. She is the author of Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England: Share and Share Alike (Manchester University Press, 2012) and teaches courses on European families, European women and English-language palaeography. Jane Hinckley is adjunct professor of English at Brigham Young University.
Summary
This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives. It is the first collection of its kind, allowing comparisons between the development of the family in England and America during a time of significant change. Volume 4: Managing Families, II In this final volume documents are focused on some of the more negative aspects of family life. Sections focus on authority, power and discontent; violence and conflict; and death and mourning. Topics include estate disputes, contested marriages, spousal abuse, deaths, wills and memorials.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Contents
Authority/Power/Discontent Middlesex Sessions, Justices' Working Papers, June 1690; Robert Cartwright. Estate file, 1700; Mary and Thomas Hofler, Estate files, dispute, 1724 and 1735; Edward Alderman and Susanna Thurston, Marriage bond, 1734; Mrs. (Mary) Leapor, 'An Essay on Woman,' Poems upon several occasions (1751); Church of England, Frittenden, Kent Parish Registers, marriages 1754 (Lord Hardwicke's Act), 1813 (Rose's Act); Baldwin family papers, 1595-1977; The Art of Letter-Writing Divided into Two Parts (1762), excerpts; Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu, 'A Caveat to the Fair Sex' (1768); John Sharp, Correspondence with siblings about brother's marriage, 1770; Dorothy Kilner, Dialogues and letters on morality, economy, and politeness, for the improvement and entertainment of young female minds (1787), excerpt; John Aikin and Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld, Evenings at home; or, the juvenile budget opened. Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons (1792-96), excerpt; Parker family papers, 1797-1904; John James Audubon, Papers requesting parents' permission to marry, 1807; Mary Delany's 1st Marriage, Letters from Uncle Lansdowne; Elizabeth Boyd, Altamira's ghost; or, justice triumphant, A new Ballad. Occasion'd by a certain nobleman's cruel Usage of his nephew (1744) Violence and Conflict Shippen Family Papers, 1671-1936; The Art of Letter-Writing Divided into Two Parts (1762), excerpts; Richard Milhill, A Genuine and Authentic Account of the Trial, Life, Behaviour, and Dying Words of Richard Milhill, (late an Officer in the Navy) who was (1767); An Account of the Convincement and Call to the Ministry of Margaret Lucas: Who Died at Leek in Staffordshire, the 24th of Sixth Month, 1769; Dolbeare Family Papers, MHS, James Dolbeare Abuse Warrant December 1733; James Glen letter to John Drayton, May 1775; Elizabeth Spence vs. Francis Spence, Cause papers, 1782; Betsy Sherdian, Correspondence with Alicia Sheridan LeFanu, 1784-90; Joseph Seardison (1786) and Thomas Seardison (1786) cause papers, Ripon, Yorkshire matrimonial disputes; Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Account of Sarah Ryan, 1780s; Charlotte Turner Smith and Benjamin Smith, Charlotte's letter to her publisher, Thomas Cadell, Sr, 14th Jan 1788; Memoirs of a Younger Brother. Containing a Sketch of his Life from Five to Thirty-Five Year of Age (1789), excerpts; Rebecca Whatmore vs. Charles Whatmore, 1789; Sir George Sondes, Authentic Memorials of Remarkable Occurrences and Affecting Calamities in the Family of Sir George Sondes, Bart (1790), excerpt; Nathan Bangs, The life of the Reverend Freeborn Garrettson; Compiled from His Printed and Manuscript Journal, and Other Authentic Documents (1791, printed 1829); Elizabeth 'Betty' Rogers vs. William Rogers, Cause papers, 1793; John Wesley on spouse abuse, Methodist Magazine, May 1797; 'Charles Fraser Book of Precedents, 1800-19'; Memoirs of Mrs. Abigail Bailey, who had been the wife of Major Asa Bailey, Ethan Smith (ed.) (1815), excerpts Death and Mourning Martha Allinson, Memorial of her husband Sam [n.d.]; St Dionis Backchurch parish register 1702-3; John Alexander, will (1699) and Martha Alexander, will (1761); Mary Lee, Lady Chudleigh, 'A Dialogue between Lucinda and Marissa: On the Death of her Mother' and 'A Dialogue between Lucinda and Marissa: On the Death of her Daughter.', Poems on several occasions. Together with the Song of the three children paraphras'd. By the Lady Chudleigh (1709); Thomas Wyatt, will, 1713; Mary Barber, 'Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson, upon the Death of her Son' and 'Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress. To her Grace ADELIDA, Dutchess of Shrewsbury', Poems on several occasions (1734); John Wesley, Letter to Mrs. Hall about the death of her children, November 17, 1842; Mary Chandler, 'My Own EPITAPH', The description of Bath. A poem. Humbly Inscribed To Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. With several other poems. By Mrs. Mary Chandler. To which is added, A true tale, by the same author (1744); Jane Brereton, Poems on several occasions: by Mrs Jane Brereton. With letters to her friends, and an account of her life (1744); Burnham Family papers, Letter on husband's death, 1756-58; Elizabeth Carter, 'To
', Poems on several occasions (1762); The Art of Letter-Writing Divided into Two Parts (1762), excerpts; The Friendly Instructor or A Companion for Young Ladies and Young Gentlemen (1770); Mary Fletcher, Journal, 1786-99, excerpts; Benjamin Cole, will, 1787; Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Poems (1792); Mary (Granville) Delany & Lady Llanover (Ed.) The autobiography and correspondance of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany [n.d.], excerpts; Esther Cox, Letter to Mary Chesnut, 1 April 1813
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