Genre: Diaries New Jersey 18th century / Subject (Topic): Child rearing

Creator:: Burr, Esther Edwards
Published / Created:: 1754-1757.
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1547 1
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 54
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Epistolary 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, re...
Description:: Esther 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 ha...
Subject (Geographic):: United States., United States, and New Jersey
Subject (Name):: Burr, Aaron, 1716-1757., Burr, Esther Edwards., Gill, Sarah, 1728-1771., and Edwards family.
Subject (Topic):: Child rearing, Women, Religious life, History, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Esther Edwards Burr journal : manuscript

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