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Informationen zum Autor Hannah Mather Crocker (1752-1829) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to minister Samuel Mather, son of the prominent author and minister Cotton Mather, and his wife, Hannah Hutchinson, sister of the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She published A Series of Letters on Free Masonry (1815), which she followed with The School of Reform, or Seaman's Safe Pilot to the Cape of Good Hope (1816) and Observations on the Real Rights of Women (1818). Constance J. Post is an associate professor of English at Iowa State University and the author of Signs of the Times in Cotton Mather's Paterna: A Study of Puritan Autobiography. Klappentext Hannah Mather Crocker (1752¿1829) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to minister Samuel Mather, son of the prominent author and minister Cotton Mather, and his wife, Hannah Hutchinson, sister of the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She published A Series of Letters on Free Masonry (1815), which she followed with The School of Reform, or Seaman¿s Safe Pilot to the Cape of Good Hope (1816) and Observations on the Real Rights of Women (1818). Constance J. Post is an associate professor of English at Iowa State University and the author of Signs of the Times in Cotton Mather¿s Paterna: A Study of Puritan Autobiography. Zusammenfassung Following in the path of her distinguished Puritan forebears! Hannah Mather Crocker used her skills as a writer primarily to persuade. Unlike those forebears! however! she did not begin her career as a published writer until well into middle age. The works collected here include previously unpublished poetry! drama! memoirs! sermons! and essays on American identity! education! and history. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionA Note on the TextPart 1. Finding a Voice, 18121814Fast SermonThanksgiving SermonAn Humble Address to the Reason and Wisdom of the American NationAntiquarian Researches, Pleasant and EasyPart 2. Becoming an Advocate, 18151819A Series of Letters on Free MasonryThe School of Reform, or Seaman's Safe Pilot to the Cape of Good HopeObservations on the Real Rights of Women, with Their Appropriate Duties, Agreeable to Scripture, Reason and Common SenseThe Midnight BeauPart 3. Taking Stock, 18201829Selections from "Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston, Being an Account of the Original Proprietors of That Town, the Manners and Customs of Its People"NotesBibliographyIndex...
