Title The Letters of Mary Penry : a Single Moravian Woman in Early America / edited by Scott Paul Gordon

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) : illustrations Series Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist studies Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist studies. Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Genealogical Charts -- Editorial Note -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Letters -- Appendix A: Mary Penry's Memoir -- Appendix B: Mary Attwood's Memoir -- Appendix C: The Stocker and Drinker Families -- Appendix D: Business Correspondence -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "A collection of letters by Mary Penry (1735-1804), who immigrated to America from Wales and lived in Moravian communities for more than forty years. Offers a sustained view of the spiritual and social life of a single woman in early America"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index Notes Print version record Subject Penry, Mary, 1735-1804 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Penry, Mary, 1735-1804 -- Correspondence Subject Single women -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Single women -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 18th century Moravians -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Moravians -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 18th century Single women -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence Moravian women -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence RELIGION -- Christianity -- Protestant. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters Moravian women Moravians -- Social life and customs Single women Single women -- Social life and customs Pennsylvania Genre/Form Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author Gordon, Scott Paul, 1965- editor. LC no. 2018007931 ISBN 9780271082820 0271082828 9780271082844 0271082844

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