The Journal and Occasional Writings of Sarah Wister

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1987 - Biography & Autobiography - 149 pages
The first publication of the entire journal of Sarah Wister, a young woman who form 1777 to 1780 wrote of her experiences to share with her two closest friends. Her writings, which represent both an autobiographical and a historical document of the Revolutionary War period, are supplemented in this edition by comprehensive annotations and introductory material.
 

Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS
8
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
11
INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNAL OF SARAH WISTER
13
The Journal and Occasional Writings of Sarah Wister
39
THE JOURNAL OF SARAH WISTER
41
THE DEVOTIONAL JOURNAL
51
POETRY AND PROSE
72
BIBLIOGRAPHY
109
INDEX
114
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