| Title: |
Diary of Sally Wister, May, 1778
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| Document type: |
Diary
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S45-D008
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1778
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| Speaker: |
Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
20-Jul-1761
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
17
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| Document location: |
North Wales, PA
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| Document date: |
11-May-1778
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| People discussed: |
Aaron Ogden; Amos Emerson; Betsy Wister; Brodhead, Daniel, ?-1809; Cadwallader Jones; Charles Moore; Daniel Brodhead; Emerson, Amos, ?-1823; Foulke, Lydia, fl. 1777; Jenny Roberts; Jones, Cadwallader; Lydia Foulke; Maxwell, William, 1733?-1796; Moore, Charles, 1724-1801; Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839; Roberts, Jenny, fl. 1778; William Maxwell; Wister, Betsy; Wister, Elizabeth, 1764-
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| Historical events discussed: |
American Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aaron Ogden; American Revolution, 1775-1783; Amos Emerson; Betsy Wister; Brodhead, Daniel, ?-1809; Cadwallader Jones; Charles Moore; Daniel Brodhead; Emerson, Amos, ?-1823; Foulke, Lydia, fl. 1777; Jenny Roberts; Jones, Cadwallader; Lydia Foulke; Maxwell, William, 1733?-1796; Moore, Charles, 1724-1801; Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839; Roberts, Jenny, fl. 1778; William Maxwell; Wister, Betsy; Wister, Elizabeth, 1764-
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Cavalry; Character traits; Doctors; Domestic life; Economics; Fear; Health; Military; Parents; Relationships; Servants; Soldiers; War; Wartime economy
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S45-D008-158
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