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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
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 Le
