The Journal and Occasional Writings of Sarah WisterFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1987 - 149 páginas The first publication of the entire journal of Sarah Wister, a young woman who form 1777 to 1780 wrote of her experiences to share with her two closest friends. Her writings, which represent both an autobiographical and a historical document of the Revolutionary War period, are supplemented in this edition by comprehensive annotations and introductory material. |
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... Betsy and a TL.30 prisoner of this State went to the Mill , we made very free with some continental flour . we were pow'derd mighty white to be sure home we came . Col Wood was standing at a window with a young officer , he gave him a ...
... Betsy and a TL.30 prisoner of this State went to the Mill , we made very free with some continental flour . we were pow'derd mighty white to be sure home we came . Col Wood was standing at a window with a young officer , he gave him a ...
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... betsy Liddy and I very genteelly dress'd deter- min'd to take a stroll nieghbour Morgans was propos'd and agreed to away we rambled heedless girls pass'd two picket gaurds , meeting with no interruptions encourag'd us . after paying our ...
... betsy Liddy and I very genteelly dress'd deter- min'd to take a stroll nieghbour Morgans was propos'd and agreed to away we rambled heedless girls pass'd two picket gaurds , meeting with no interruptions encourag'd us . after paying our ...
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... Betsy at work - silence reigns throughout the room , ' till broke by inquiring of Sally where her work is — I do not know , perhaps lost , throw myself in an arm chair , betsy where are the children ? at aunts- -a long pause ensues ...
... Betsy at work - silence reigns throughout the room , ' till broke by inquiring of Sally where her work is — I do not know , perhaps lost , throw myself in an arm chair , betsy where are the children ? at aunts- -a long pause ensues ...
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List of Illustrations | 8 |
The Journal of Sarah Wister | 41 |
The Devotional Journal | 83 |
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