Family Life in England and America, 1690-1820, vol 2

This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives

Rachel Cope, Amy Harris, Jane Hinckley

Volume 2: Making Families. Courtship, 'What Society in Marriage Is', in Joy and Happiness to Youth (1700), Abbe d'Ancourt, 'Of Love' and 'Of Matrimony', The Lady's Preceptor (1743), Daniel Renaud, Commonplace Book, Selections from The Ladies Oracle (c. 1750), John Breues, Th e Fortunate Lovers (1754), Laetitia Pilkington, 'Th e Wish. By a Young Lady', Th e Celebrated Mrs. Pilkington's Jests: or the Cabinet of Wit and Humour (1764), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 'Th e Lover: A Ballad' and 'The Lover's Resolve', Th e Poetical Works of Right Honourable Lady M W - (1768), Th e Accomplished Letter-Writer (1779), Courtship Letters, Samuel Allinson, Correspondence with Betsy Smith (1765), William Tudor, Correspondence with Delia Jarvis (1773-8), William Nunwick, Two Letters (1783), Catherine Livingston and Freeborn Garrettson, Correspondence (1790-3), Sam Fothergill to John Lettsom (c.1770), Theodosia Sayre, Correspondence with Mrs Chesnut (1797), Robert Kearney Moore, Emancipation Deed for Nanny, Wife of Gilbert (1802), Singleness, Marriage and its Dissolution, Increase, The Answer of Several Ministers in and near Boston to that Case of Conscience (1695), St Mary Aldermanbury, London, Marriage Assessment (1695) Religious and Secular Authority over Marriage, Surry County, Certificates to Obtain Marriage Licenses (1735-80); Marriage Bond (1780), David Cooper and Sybil Matlack, Marriage Certificate (1747), Samuel Allinson, Marriage Certifi ate to Elizabeth Smith (1765), Samuel Allinson, Marriage Certificate to Martha Cooper (1773), Marriage and Property Relationships Richard Rogerson and Alicia Lambe, Marriage Settlement (1709), Colin Campbell and Rebecca Izard, Marriage Settlement (1768), Peter Parten, Will (1806), Th e Female Physician (1724), Advice to the Fair: An Epistolary Essay (1738), James Dolbeare, Divorce Power of Attorney (1738), William Agar vs Elizabeth Aga