The Letters Of Mary Penry

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In The Letters of Mary Penry, Scott Paul Gordon provides unprecedented access to the intimate world of a Moravian single sister. This vast collection of letters—compiled, transcribed, and annotated by Gordon—introduces readers to an unmarried woman who worked, worshiped, and wrote about her experience living in Moravian religious communities at the time of the American Revolution and early republic. Penry, a Welsh immigrant and a convert to the Moravian faith, was well connected in both the international Moravian community and the state of Pennsylvania. She counted among her acquaintances Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker and Hannah Callender Sansom, two American women whose writings have also been preserved, in addition to members of some of the most prominent families in Philadelphia, such as the Shippens, the Franklins, and the Rushes. This collection brings together more than seventy of Penry’s letters, few of which have been previously published. Gordon’s introduction provides a useful context for understanding the letters and the unique woman who wrote them. This collection of Penry’s letters broadens perspectives on early America and the eighteenth-century Moravian Church by providing a sustained look at the spiritual and social life of a single woman at a time when singleness was extraordinarily rare. It also makes an important contribution to the recovery of women’s voices in early America, amplifying views on politics, religion, and social networks from a time when few women’s perspectives on these subjects have been preserved.

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Genre : Literary Collections
Author : Scott Paul Gordon
Publisher : Penn State Press
Release : 2018-06-29
File : 316 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780271082844


Transactions Of The Moravian Historical Society

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Genre : Moravians
Author : Moravian Historical Society
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Release : 1953
File : 456 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89067376483


The Magazine Antiques

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Genre : Antiques
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Release : 1993
File : 518 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105012697079


The Diary Of Elizabeth Drinker

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Genre : Christianity
Author : Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker
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Release : 1991
File : 864 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015024950027


The Parish Register Of Putney In The County Of Surrey

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Genre : Registers of births, etc
Author : Putney, England. Parish
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Release : 1915
File : 262 Pages
ISBN-13 : YALE:39002040747801


Report

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Author : Großbritannien Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Release : 1871
File : 376 Pages
ISBN-13 : BSB:BSB11031917


Report

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Author : Großbritannien Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Release : 1870
File : 532 Pages
ISBN-13 : ONB:+Z29841650X


Report 1

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Author : Royal commission on historical manuscripts
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Release : 1870
File : 536 Pages
ISBN-13 : OXFORD:590859517


Reports

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Genre : Great Britain
Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Release : 1879
File : 346 Pages
ISBN-13 : UVA:X030445851


Report Of The Royal Commission On Historical Manuscripts

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Author : Großbritannien
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Release : 1879
File : 1074 Pages
ISBN-13 : ZBZH:ZBZ-00152516