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Letters From John Pintard To His Daughter, Eliza Noel Pintard Davidson, 1816-1833 (Volume Iv) 1832-1833 Index To Volume I-Iv

Letters From John Pintard To His Daughter, Eliza Noel Pintard Davidson, 1816-1833 (Volume Iv) 1832-1833 Index To Volume I-Iv

Pintard, John

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ISBN10: 9354483232
ISBN13: 9789354483233
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Between father and daughter, a nation finds its voice. A father writes, history answers. In these intimate letters from New York merchant and New York Historical Society founder John Pintard to his daughter Eliza, an early American letters collection becomes a living record of duty, affection and belief. Set against the streets of antebellum New York City, their exchanges illuminate early American family life and the shifting hopes of the early 1800s United States, offering vivid texture for New York social history and the inner life of a new republic. Volume IV closes their early 19th century correspondence, gathering the letters of 1832-1833 and an index to Volumes I-IV. These primary source letters, kin in spirit to the finest New York Historical Society papers, move between public events and private concerns: commerce, charity, religion, reform, kinship and community. For history researchers and readers drawn to American social history 1800s, the dense weave of names, places and relationships makes this an illuminating window on networks of people and ideas and a valuable cornerstone for any genealogy reference collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Essential for libraries and private shelves alike, it belongs beside other studies of early 19th-century New York and the wider early American letters collection, and will particularly reward anyone assembling a dedicated John Pintard letters collection.

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