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Domestic Broils: Shakers, Antebellum Marriage, And The Narratives Of Mary And Joseph Dyer, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe

History Faculty Books

In 1813, Joseph Dyer, his wife Mary, and their five children joined the Shaker community in Enfield, New Hampshire. Joseph quickly adapted to the Shaker way of life, but Mary chafed under its strictures and eventually left the community two years later. When the local elders and her husband refused to release the couple's children to Mary, she embarked on what would become a fifty-year campaign against the Shakers, beginning with the publication in 1818 of A Brief Statement of the Sufferings of Mary Dyer. The following year the Shakers countered by publishing Joseph's A Compendious Narrative, a …

1917-1921 Diary, Marie Ahnighito Peary

Diaries and Notebooks

"A Line A Day" diary that Marie Ahnighito Peary wrote in, between 1917 and 1921, with the bulk of the entries from 1918-1921. During this busy time in her life, she married Ted (Edward Stafford), gave birth to two sons - Junior (Edward Stafford, Jr.) and Buddy (Peary Diebitsch Stafford), and lost her father (Admiral Robert E. Peary). The diary chronicles her daily life for those 4-5 years, as well as brief mentions of newsworthy world events, including the 1918 flu pandemic and World War I.

Her diary includes the following people and places:

• Mother - her mother, Josephine Peary …

Such News Of The Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers, Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe

History Faculty Books

This pathbreaking collection, which contains 19 essays from scholars in a variety of fields, illuminates the work of two centuries of American women nature writers. Some discuss traditional nature writers such as Susan Fenimore Cooper, Mary Austin, Gene Stratton Porter, and Annie Dillard. Others examine the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Anzaldua, and Leslie Marmon Silko, writers not often associated with this genre. Essays on germinal texts such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas's The Everglades: River of Grass stand alongside examinations of market bulletins and women's gardens, showing how the rich diversity of women's nature writing has shaped and expanded …

Se Mando I Biglietti Et Presentazione Per Il Siren, Il Warbury E Il Bertaux, Spero Che Arriveranno In Tempo Utile…, Adolfo Venturi

Margaret Talbot Jackson Correspondence

Handwritten letter from Adolfo Venturi to Margaret Talbot Jackson regarding tickets.

La Commission Des Antiquitiés Et Des Arts De Seine-Et-Oise A Décidé…

Margaret Talbot Jackson Correspondence

Typed letter regarding a visit to the Maisons-Laffitte. Includes envelope.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Marie Ahnighito Peary

Diaries and Notebooks

Notebook containing transcribed letters between Marie Peary and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, as well as excerpts from her diary and other commentary.

Although We Could Say So Little..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing the wedding of Diana Rockwell to Eliot Sumner, written on their wedding invitation.

I Felt A Bit Anxious Yesterday..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing plans for luncheon, weather, foot pain.

Have You Seen Janet Ross's Vegetable Book..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing social plans, weather, Janet Ross's vegetable book, request for "Japanese balls for children."

As For Mrs. Forbes Dearest..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing her poor health and fatigue.

Aldrich And Lillian Have Just Gone..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing Jewett's writing, How to Help the Poor, gossip.

Just One Word This Saturday Morning..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing the weather, visitors.

The Noble Box Of "Green Growing Things"..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing a gift from Jewett ("noble box of green growing things"), weather, fatigue, visitors.

I Hope That You And Mary Can Come..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing a reading event, Alice Howe, fatigue.

Your Letter Urging Me To Come To You..., Annie Fields

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing a difficult meeting, sales of "The Marsh Island," visitors.

There Is No Going Abroad For Joys..., Mary Rice Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing weather, visitors.

It Was So Pleasant To Come Home..., Mary Rice Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing weather, visitors, furniture, early spring.

I Had No Intention Of Letting So Long A Time Pass..., Ellen Mason

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing Kate's health, reading, drawing class, spring.

I Want You To Keep Fénélon..., Ellen Mason

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing books and reading, Kate's health, drawing class.

I Have Been Waiting To Send You The "Statesman Of The 19th Century"..., John Lord

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from John Lord to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing "Statesman of the 19th Century," gout, Annie Fields's health and character.

I Wish You Had Heard It..., Grace Gordon

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Grace Gordon to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing her trip to the White Mountains.

I Bid You A Most Loving And Cordial Welcome..., L. M. Perry

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from L. M. Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing Jewett's return home.

If You Think So, You May Say..., Theophilus Parsons

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Theophilus Parsons to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing her work, his aging.

You Gave Me A Very Pleasant Walk..., George Wallis Haven

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from George Wallis Haven to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing fruit, flowers, old age.

I Had A Good Long Afternoon's Work..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing her affection, visitors.

And I Wish I Had My Own Dear Warm Little Fuff..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing music, her wishes to be with Fields.

I Didn't Read A Word In The Cars..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing weather, riding the train, affection for Fields.

I Was So Sorry After I Had Sent The Letter..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing Fields's depression.

I Don't Believe You Were Half So Sad..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing Fields's depression.

I Did Have The Very Nicest Time Last Night!, Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett discussing social plans, invitation to Newport.