ISBN:
0812217659
,
0812235924
,
9780812217650
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 243 p., [2] p. of plates)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Early American studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Unwelcome Americans : Living on the Margin in Early New England
DDC:
305.5/6/0974
Keywords:
Poor Biography
;
Marginality, Social History 18th century
;
Poor laws History 18th century
;
Marginality, Social ; New England ; History ; 18th century
;
New England ; Social conditions ; 18th century
;
Poor ; New England ; Biography
;
Poor laws ; New England ; History ; 18th century
;
Electronic books
;
New England Social conditions 18th century
;
Biografie
Abstract:
"Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders. . . . The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: THE WORLD OF PEOPLE ON THE MARGIN -- 1 BIRTH, INFANCY, AND CHILDHOOD -- Phebe Perkins -- Anthony Hathaway -- Kate Jones -- Susannah Guinea -- Jerusha Townsend -- Susannah, James, John, and Isabel Brown -- 2 FAMILY LIFE -- Clarke, William, and Sanford Pike -- Patience and Abner Butler -- Judah Hazard Wanton -- Mary Cummock Fowler and Mary Fowler Champlin -- Sarah Gardner and Her Daughters -- Wait Godfrey alias Whitney alias Grafft -- Christopher Stocker and Abigail Harris -- Nathaniel Whitaker -- Robert Fuller's Family -- Thomas Field -- 3 WORK LIFE -- Phillis Merritt Wanton -- Mary Carder -- Olive Pero -- Elisabeth and Molly Hodges -- Cato Freeman -- Mark Noble -- Peter Norton -- John Treby -- Nathaniel Bowdish -- 4 REVERSAL OF FORTUNE -- Patience Havens and Her Daughters -- Elizabeth Springer -- Primus Thompson -- Benjamin Jones -- Ann West and Peter West -- Esther Heradon -- Margaret Fairchild Bowler -- Benjamin Champney -- Jacob Burke -- 5 OLD AGE AND DEATH -- Daniel Collins -- Obadiah Blanding -- Latham Clarke -- Abigail Hull Carr -- Elizabeth Stonehouse -- Bristol Rhodes -- 6. Conclusion: CONSTRUCTING A TRANSIENT S LIFE -- Appendix: Documentary Evidence and Background Information -- Documentary Sources for the Narrative Chapters -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Personal Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Place Names -- A -- C -- E -- G -- I -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- V -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: THE WORLD OF PEOPLE ON THE MARGIN""; ""1 BIRTH, INFANCY, AND CHILDHOOD""; ""Phebe Perkins""; ""Anthony Hathaway""; ""Kate Jones""; ""Susannah Guinea""; ""Jerusha Townsend""; ""Susannah, James, John, and Isabel Brown""; ""2 FAMILY LIFE""; ""Clarke, William, and Sanford Pike""; ""Patience and Abner Butler""; ""Judah Hazard Wanton""; ""Mary Cummock Fowler and Mary Fowler Champlin""; ""Sarah Gardner and Her Daughters""; ""Wait Godfrey alias Whitney alias Grafft""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Christopher Stocker and Abigail Harris""""Nathaniel Whitaker""; ""Robert Fuller's Family""; ""Thomas Field""; ""3 WORK LIFE""; ""Phillis Merritt Wanton""; ""Mary Carder""; ""Olive Pero""; ""Elisabeth and Molly Hodges""; ""Cato Freeman""; ""Mark Noble""; ""Peter Norton""; ""John Treby""; ""Nathaniel Bowdish""; ""4 REVERSAL OF FORTUNE""; ""Patience Havens and Her Daughters""; ""Elizabeth Springer""; ""Primus Thompson""; ""Benjamin Jones""; ""Ann West and Peter West""; ""Esther Heradon""; ""Margaret Fairchild Bowler""; ""Benjamin Champney""; ""Jacob Burke""; ""5 OLD AGE AND DEATH""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Daniel Collins""""Obadiah Blanding""; ""Latham Clarke""; ""Abigail Hull Carr""; ""Elizabeth Stonehouse""; ""Bristol Rhodes""; ""6. Conclusion: CONSTRUCTING A TRANSIENT S LIFE""; ""Appendix: Documentary Evidence and Background Information""; ""Documentary Sources for the Narrative Chapters""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Personal Names""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Place Names""; ""A""; ""C""; ""E""; ""G""; ""I""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""V""
Description / Table of Contents:
""General Index""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references ([229]-235) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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