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Mercy Otis Warren

Selected Letters

By: Mercy Otis Warren

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This volume gathers more than one hundred letters-most of them previously unpublished-written by Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814). Warren, whose works include a three-volume history of the American Revolution as well as plays and poems, was a major literary figure of her era and one of the most important American women writers of the eighteenth century. Her correspondents included Martha and George Washington, Abigail and John Adams, and Catharine Macaulay. Until now, Warren's letters have been published sporadically, in small numbers, and mainly to help complete the collected correspondence of some of the famous men to whom she wrote. This volume addresses that imbalance by focusing on Warren's letters to her family members and other women. As they flesh out our view of Warren and correct some misconceptions about her, the letters offer a wealth of insights into eighteenth-century American culture, including social customs, women's concerns, political and economic conditions, medical issues, and attitudes on child rearing. Letters Warren sent to other women who had lost family members (Warren herself lost three children) reveal her sympathies; letters to a favorite son, Winslow, show her sharing her ambitions with a child who resisted her advice. What readers of other Warren letters may have only sensed about her is now revealed more fully: she was a woman of considerable intellect, religious faith, compassion, literary intelligence, and acute sensitivity to the historical moment of even everyday events in the new American republic.

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University of Georgia Press

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ISBN 10

0820336734

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9780820336732

The Allegheny Frontier

West Virginia Beginnings, 1730–1830

By: Otis K. Rice

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The Allegheny Frontier

West Virginia Beginnings, 1730–1830

By: Otis K. Rice

The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience and the problems of Appalachia in the twentieth century. Through an intensive study of the social, economic, and political developments in pioneer West Virginia, Rice shows that during the period 1730–1830 some of the most significant features of West Virginia life and thought were established. There also appeared evidences of arrested development, which contrasted sharply with the expansiveness, ebullience, and optimism commonly associated with the American frontier. In this period customs, manners, and folkways associated with the conquest of the wilderness to root and became characteristic of the mountainous region well into the twentieth century. During this pioneer period, problems also took root that continue to be associated with the region, such as poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of economic development, and problematic education. Since the West Virginia frontier played an important role in the westward thrust of migration through the Alleghenies, Rice also provides some account of the role of West Virginia in the French and Indian War, eighteenth-century land speculations, the Revolutionary War, and national events after the establishment of the federal government in 1789.

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624

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University Press of Kentucky

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ISBN 10

0813194997

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9780813194998

A History of Christianity in Japan

By: Otis Cary

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A History of Christianity in Japan

By: Otis Cary

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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372

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Psychology Press

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0700702628

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9780700702626

The Light Keepers

By: James Otis

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The Light Keepers

By: James Otis

Reproduction of the original: The Light Keepers by James Otis

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214

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3732687511

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9783732687510

Left Behind

By: James Otis

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Left Behind

By: James Otis

Reproduction of the original: Left Behind by James Otis

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138

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3732684717

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Toward a Planned Society

From Roosevelt to Nixon

By: Otis L. Graham Jr.

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Toward a Planned Society

From Roosevelt to Nixon

By: Otis L. Graham Jr.

Graham here examines the beginnings and development of national growth policies and machinery in the United States from the New Deal to the Nixon administration.

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378

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Oxford University Press

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019802018X

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9780198020189

Rural Indigenousness

A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks

By: Melissa Otis

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Rural Indigenousness

A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks

By: Melissa Otis

The Adirondacks have been an Indigenous homeland for millennia, and the presence of Native people in the region was obvious but not well documented by Europeans, who did not venture into the interior between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. Yet, by the late nineteenth century, historians had scarcely any record of their long-lasting and vibrant existence in the area. With Rural Indigenousness, Otis shines a light on the rich history of Algonquian and Iroquoian people, offering the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Native Americans and the Adirondacks. While Otis focuses on the nineteenth century, she extends her analysis to periods before and after this era, revealing both the continuity and change that characterize the relationship over time. Otis argues that the landscape was much more than a mere hunting ground for Native residents; rather, it a “location of exchange,” a space of interaction where the land was woven into the fabric of their lives as an essential source of refuge and survival. Drawing upon archival research, material culture, and oral histories, Otis examines the nature of Indigenous populations living in predominantly Euroamerican communities to identify the ways in which some maintained their distinct identity while also making selective adaptations exemplifying the concept of “survivance.” In doing so, Rural Indigenousness develops a new conversation in the field of Native American studies that expands our understanding of urban and rural indigeneity.

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398

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Syracuse University Press

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0815654537

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9780815654537

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Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

The Allegheny Frontier

The Allegheny Frontier

A History of Christianity in Japan

A History of Christianity in Japan

The Light Keepers

The Light Keepers

Left Behind

Left Behind

Toward a Planned Society

Toward a Planned Society

Rural Indigenousness

Rural Indigenousness

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