Bøger af Sarah Kemble Knight

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1825 Edition.

Title: The private journal of a journey from Boston to New York in the year 1704.Author: Sarah Kemble KnightPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01853500CollectionID: CTRG96-B101PublicationDate: 18650101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Three hundred copies printed of which fifty are on large paper." Edited by William Law Learned. Cf. Allibone's Dictionary of authors. Includes index. Originally published under title: The journals of Madam Knight and the Rev. Mr. Buckingham, from the original manuscripts written in 1704 and 1710. New York, 1825.Collation: 92 p.: ill.; 28 x 22 cm

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The diary kept in 1704 by Sarah Kemble Knight on her hazardous journey from Boston to New York and back to Boston on horseback is marked by gusto, good humor, earthiness, and the evidence of keen observation.

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