| Title: |
Diary of Sally Wister, June, 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-D009
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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: |
17-Jun-1778
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| People discussed: |
Alexander Dandridge; Amos Emerson; Betsy Wister; Dandridge, Alexander Spotswood, 1753-1785; Emerson, Amos, ?-1823; Fishbourne, Mary; Fishbourne, Polly; Foulke, Jesse, fl. 1777; George Washington; Griffitts, Mary Fishbourne, 1760-1842; Griffitts, Mrs. Samuel Powell; Jesse Foulke; John Lacy; John Watts; Lacy, John, fl. 1778; Lydia Wister; Mary Fishbourne Griffitts; Smith, Mrs. Thomas; Smith, Tacy Vanderen; Tacy Vanderen Smith; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Watts, John, 1755?-1830; Wister, Betsy; Wister, Elizabeth, 1764-; Wister, Lydia, fl. 1777
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| Organizations discussed: |
Great Britain. Army; U.S. Colonial Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
American Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Locations discussed: |
Lancaster, PA; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States; Valley Forge, PA; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Alexander Dandridge; American Revolution, 1775-1783; Amos Emerson; Betsy Wister; Dandridge, Alexander Spotswood, 1753-1785; Emerson, Amos, ?-1823; Fishbourne, Mary; Fishbourne, Polly; Foulke, Jesse, fl. 1777; George Washington; Great Britain. Army; Griffitts, Mary Fishbourne, 1760-1842; Griffitts, Mrs. Samuel Powell; Jesse Foulke; John Lacy; John Watts; Lacy, John, fl. 1778; Lancaster, PA; Lydia Wister; Mary Fishbourne Griffitts; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; Smith, Mrs. Thomas; Smith, Tacy Vanderen; Tacy Vanderen Smith; U.S. Colonial Army; United States; Valley Forge, PA; Virginia; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Watts, John, 1755?-1830; Wister, Betsy; Wister, Elizabeth, 1764-; Wister, Lydia, fl. 1777
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Apparel; Cavalry; Courtship customs; Domestic chores; Domestic life; Enemies; Entertaining; Entertainment and recreation; Environment; Fashions; Fear; Flowers; Gardens; Health; Military; Military officers; Military units; Politics; Quartering of troops; Relationships; Romantic relationships; Social calls; Sociology; Tories; Upper-class
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S45-D009-158
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