TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gelles,Edith B.
AU  - Gelles,Edith Belle
TI  - The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733+ 1748
SN  - 9780300137781
AV  - CT275.F69458A4 2004 
U1  - 974.7/1004924/0092;B 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Franks, Abigail, -- 1696-1756 -- Correspondence
KW  - Frank family
KW  - Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence
KW  - New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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