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The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733+ 1748.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300137781
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733+ 1748DDC classification:
  • 974.7/1004924/0092;B
LOC classification:
  • CT275.F69458A4 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editorial Method -- List of Abbreviations -- Franks Genealogy -- Levy Genealogy -- Illustrations -- The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733-1748 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Abigaill Franks' letters are among the earliest extant by a woman in colonial New York City. They are also the earliest known letters by a Jewish woman in British America and probably the Western colonies. Thirty-five letters survive, all written to her son Naphtali between 1733 and 1748. These letters represent a rare resource for the study of family life during the colonial period as well as of the life of a lively and articulate woman.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editorial Method -- List of Abbreviations -- Franks Genealogy -- Levy Genealogy -- Illustrations -- The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733-1748 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Abigaill Franks' letters are among the earliest extant by a woman in colonial New York City. They are also the earliest known letters by a Jewish woman in British America and probably the Western colonies. Thirty-five letters survive, all written to her son Naphtali between 1733 and 1748. These letters represent a rare resource for the study of family life during the colonial period as well as of the life of a lively and articulate woman.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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