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Letters and Diary
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The negro movement is still a most vexatious and mischievous one, and its effects are painfully felt in every Southern household. This morning Cy came to high words with George and…

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Emma Mordecai

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Richmond, Confederate States of America (Richmond, United States of America)

Date:

1864–1865

Subjects:

War, Slavery, Military, Agriculture, Family, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters
Letter to Abigail Franks
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Flat Bush, Saturday, 10 o’c[lock]., August 10th, [17]’81 My dear Abby: [ . . . ] [ . . . ] By the by, few N.York ladies know how to entertain company in their own houses unless they introduce the card…

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Rebecca Franks

Places:

Flatbush, United States of America

Date:

1781

Subjects:

Women, Dress, Leisure, Family, Military, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Her Son
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Dear HeartSey I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…

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Abigaill Levy Franks

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Education, Food and drink, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
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Letters to Richea Gratz
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Lancaster, August 5th 1793Miss Richea Gratz,PhiladelphiaThe letter of the 1st instant from my dear sister I now seat myself to accknowledge. Its contents I duly note. The subject it treats on is of…

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Simon Gratz, Samuel Hays

Places:

Lancaster, United States of America

Date:

1793

Subjects:

Family, Marriage, Sabbath, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Aaron Hart and His Children
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Dear Mo: I se no way for you to keep Pesah at William Hanry thear fore you had batter come over hear the Sunday before than you neat not due any thing to your house to git the hamez out of your house…

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Aaron Hart

Places:

Trois-Rivières, Great Britain (Trois-Rivières, Canada)

Date:

1790

Subjects:

Family, Holidays, Passover, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters