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1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations |
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Early American studies |
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Early American studies.
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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 |
| Summary |
"Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders ... The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly |
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Includes bibliographical references ([229]-235) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Marginality, Social -- New England -- History -- 18th century
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Poor -- New England -- Biography
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Poor laws -- New England -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
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Marginality, Social
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Poor
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Poor laws
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Social conditions
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Randgruppe
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Soziale Situation
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Armut
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Gesetzgebung
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Liefdadigheid.
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Burgerplichten.
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Armoede.
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Kerkvoogdijen.
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Immigranten.
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New England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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New England
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Neuengland
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812202236 |
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0812202236 |
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1283211718 |
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9781283211710 |
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9786613211712 |
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6613211710 |
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