| Description |
xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Boston College. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. "My comfort and defense": the marriage of Hannah Hull and Samuel Sewall -- ch. 2. "Herein is my Father glorified": birth -- ch. 3. "The sorrowfull remembrance of Adam's carriage": child-rearing -- ch. 4. "A red coat for her little Aaron": children as "miniature adults" -- ch. 5. "Give her a lift towards heaven": the illness and death of children -- ch. 6. "Your son is now one of us": education -- ch. 7. "A trade that might be good for soul and body": the calling -- ch. 8. "No man came with him to me": children taken into the Sewall home -- ch. 9. "Hopes by going to sea after his time is out, may get a livelihood": sending out and taking in -- ch. 10. "A stone-ring and a fan with a noble letter to my daughter": courtship and marriage -- ch. 11. "Govr Dudley mention'd Christ's pardoning Mary Magdalen": the relationship between the generations -- ch. 12. "The fruit of the womb is a reward": conclusion. |
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Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730 -- Diaries.
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Puritans -- New England.
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Child rearing -- New England -- History.
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Families -- New England -- History.
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Puritans -- New England -- Diaries.
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New England -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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| ISBN |
1555534457 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781555534455 cloth alkaline paper |
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1555535933 cased |
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9781555535933 cased |
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