The diary of Hannah Callender Sansom : sense and sensibility in the age of the American Revolution / edited by Susan E. Klepp and Karin Wulf

Author: Sansom, Hannah Callender, 1737-1801
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Physical Description: xii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Klepp, Susan E. and Wulf, Karin A., 1964-

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Contents

Talk, travel, and a couple of murders : Hannah Callender's sociable, venturesome life -- The diary : January 1758-August 1761 -- "A new scene of life" : men, women, and familial authority -- The diary : March 1762-November 1772 -- Interlude : Hannah Callender Sansom and a revolutionary world -- "This man seems formed for domestic happiness" : the marriage of Sally and Elliston -- The diary : November 1784-October 1788.

Subject(s)

Sansom, Hannah Callender, 1737-1801—Diaries
Quakers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Diaries
Women—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Diaries
Philadelphia (Pa.)—Social life and customs—18th century
Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—18th century

ISBN

9780801447846 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801447844 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801475139 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801475139 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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