| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Life writing series
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Life writing series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Illustrations and Family Trees; Diary of Mary Armstrong, 1859; Diary of Mary Armstrong, 1869; List of Individuals; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Offers an intriguing glimpse into the daily life of an average Toronto woman in the mid-nineteenth century. Mary Armstrong's diaries are a window into the daily life of a middle-class woman in a new and changing land, and a revealing account of life in early Toronto just before and after confederation. Her journals are one of very few published by Canadian women, especially women outside the upper classes, in the decades surrounding the mid-nineteenth century. Mary Armstrong was the wife of a butcher / farmer who lived in what is now the Yorkville and Deer Park area of Toronto from the 18. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Armstrong, Mary, 1819-1881 -- Diaries.
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Armstrong, Mary, 1819-1881. |
| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Subject |
Armstrong, Mary, 1819-1881. |
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Armstrong, Mary, 1819-1881 -- Journal intime. |
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Toronto Region (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Toronto Region (Ont.) -- Biography.
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Toronto Râegion de (Ont.) -- Histoire. |
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Toronto Region (Ont.) -- History. |
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Toronto Region (Ont.) |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Diaries.
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| Added Author |
Armstrong, Jackson W. (Jackson Webster), 1978-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Armstrong, Mary, 1819-1881. Seven eggs today. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2004 9780889204409 (OCoLC)54905765 |
| ISBN |
9781554580682 (electronic book) |
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1554580684 (electronic book) |
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9780889204409 (print) |
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0889204403 (print) |
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