| Description |
xix, 267 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-254) and index. |
| Summary |
Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of an overtly modern lifestyle that was unheard of in nineteenth century America. But as Rachel Hope Cleves demonstrates in this eye-opening book, same-sex marriage is hardly new. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Preface: "Miss Bryant and miss Drake were married to each other" -- A child of melancholy, 1777 -- Infantile days, 1784 -- O the example!, 1787 -- Mistress of a school, 1797 -- So many friends, 1799 -- Discontent and indifferent, 1800 -- Never to marry, 1800 -- Charity and mercy, 1805 -- Charity and Lydia, 1806 -- Charity and Sylvia, February 1807 -- The tie that binds, July 1807 -- Their own dwelling, 1809 -- Wild affections, 1811 -- Miss Bryant was the man, 1820 -- Dear aunts, 1823 -- Stand fast in one spirit, 1828 -- Diligent in business, 1835 -- The cure of her I love, 1839 -- Sylvia drake W, 1851 -- Afterword: "We spend our years as a tale that is told" -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Same-sex marriage -- United States -- To 1865.
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Bryant, Charity.
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Drake, Sylvia, 1784-1868.
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| ISBN |
9780199335428 |
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0199335427 |
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9780199335442 |
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0199335443 |
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9780199335459 |
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0199335451 |
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9780199335435 |
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0199335435 |
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