Esther Edwards Burr journal : manuscriptBurr, Esther Edwards1754-1757.engEpistolary diary by Esther Edwards Burr, consisting of autograph letters, signed and dated, sent in packets by Burr to her friend Sarah Prince (nicknamed Fidelia) between 1 October 1754 and 2 September 1757. Letters discuss Burr's daily activities, religious life, childbirth and child rearing, household work, social calls, her family's health, and her husband's activities and travelsEsther Edwards Burr (1732-1758), daughter of revivalist theologian Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1752, she married Aaron Burr, Sr., a minister and founder of the College of New Jersey, with whom she had two children, Aaron Burr, Jr. and Sarah Burr Reeves. The family resided in Newark until 1756, and in Princeton thereafter.Sarah Gill (1728-1771), also known by her maiden name Sarah Prince, was born in Boston to minister Thomas Prince and Deborah Denny. A close friend and correspondent of Esther Edwards Burr, she was the author of religious meditations and led prayer circles. She married merchant Moses Gill in 1759.In English.Title page in an unidentified 18th century hand recording the presentation of the journal to Mrs. Park from Mrs. Reeves of Litchfield, Connecticut.Box 1: Original journal. Box 2: Photocopy.Accompanied by a photocopy of the journal from microfilm.Published as The Journal of Esther Edwards Burr, 1754-1757 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984).