She Comes Only With Her Shift
Posted on December 5, 2011 by James RileyFrom Kalm’s Travels into North America we find this observation about marriage customs in the colonies: “…There is a very peculiar diverting custom here, in regard to marrying. When a man dies, and leaves his widow in great poverty, or so that she cannot pay all the debts with what little she has left, and that, notwithstanding […]Continue Reading »
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Marriage Advice
Posted on December 1, 2011 by James RileyRe-Printed from the New Hampshire Gazette, May 10, 1771 Messieurs Fowles, Your Female Readers are quite tired with Politics,and entreat you to entertain them with something amusing and instructive, suitable to their Sex and Situation in Life. — Although we highly approve the spirit of the Times and the Zeal for Liberty, and should despise […]Continue Reading »
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