| Description |
xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Early American studies
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Early American studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (229-235) and index. |
| Contents |
Birth, infancy, and childhood. Phebe Perkins -- Anthony Hathaway -- Kate Jones -- Susannah Guinea -- Jerusha Townsend -- Susannah, James, John, and Isabel Brown. Family life. Clarke, William, and Sanford Pike -- Patience and Abner Butler -- Judah Hazard Wanton -- Mary Cummock Fowler and Mary Fowler Champlin -- Sarah Gardner and her daughters -- Wait Godfrey alias Whitney alias Grafft -- Christopher Stocker and Abigail Harris -- Nathaniel Whitaker -- Robert Fuller's family -- Thomas Field. Work life. Phillis Merritt Wanton -- Mary Carder -- Olive Pero -- Elizabeth and Molly Hodges -- Cato Freeman -- Mark Noble -- Peter Norton -- John Treby -- Nathaniel Bowdish. Reversal of fortune. Patience Havens and her daughters -- Elizabeth Springer -- Primus Thompson -- Benjamin Jones -- Ann West and Peter West -- Esther Heradon -- Margaret Fairchild Bowler -- Benjamin Champney -- Jacob Burke. Old age and death. Daniel Collins -- Obadiah Blanding -- Latham Clarke -- Abigail Hull Carr -- Elizabeth Stonehouse -- Bristol Rhodes. Constructing a transient s life. |
| Subject |
Marginality, Social -- New England -- History -- 18th century.
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Marginality, Social. |
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New England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
New England -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Poor -- New England -- Biography.
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Poor. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Poor laws -- New England -- History -- 18th century.
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Poor laws. |
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Marginaux -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. |
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Pauvres -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Biographies. |
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Lois sur les pauvres -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. |
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New England -- Social conditions -- 18th century. |
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Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Conditions sociales -- 18e siècle. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0812217659 paperback alkaline paper |
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0812235924 alkaline paper |
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