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Full Description
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.
Contents
Multiple Families Berkeley Seymour, Will, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (1744); Jane Seymour, Will, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (1762-1770); John Joseph Hornyold, The Real Principles of Catholicks Or, a Catechism for the Adult. Explaining the Principal Points of the Doctrine and Ceremonies of the Catholick Church (1749), excerpt; John Romans, Estate papers (1766); Ward Hallowell, Licence [sic] to Change His Name to Ward Nicholas Boylston (1770); Anna Letitia Barbauld, Hymns in Prose for Children [1781] excerpts; Admiral Sir John Lindsay, Will (1788); A W Rumney, ed. From the Old South-Sea House, being Thomas Rumney's Letter Book, 1796-1798 (1914), excerpts; Jane Davis, Letters from a mother to her son, on his going to sea: and a letter to Capt. S. By an inhabitant of Congleton. Dedicated, by permission, to Sir Richard Hill, Bart., M.P. [1799], excerpt; Esther Cox, Correspondence with Mary Chesnut, 1805-1810; Joshua Lovejoy, Correspondence, 1817-1819 Religious Diversity Haselbury Plunknett, Somerset, parish registers, 1690s, 1754, 1813; R Nelson, An earnest exhortation to house-keepers, to set up the worship of God in their families (1739), excerpt; Joseph Weyman, Probate dispute (1730); [Anon.], A persuasive to family religion: and the obligation Christian parents are under to the religious education of their children. With A Collection of some Texts of Scripture for the Use of Children. By the author of The advantages of closet religion. To which is added, some forms of prayer [1736], excerpt; Abbe d'Ancourt, The Lady's Preceptor. Or, a Letter to a Young Lady of Distinction Upon Politeness. Taken from the French of the Abbe D'Ancourt, and Adapted to the Religion, Customs, and Manners of the English Nation (1743), excerpt; David A M Muir, An humble attempt toward the revival of family-religion among Christians [1749], excerpts; Sarah Ryan to Mary Fletcher, Letter, April 1762; C Annesley and P M Hoskin, Archbishop Drummond's Visit
