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Mary Telfair to Mary Few: Selected Letters, 1802-1844 (The Publications of the Southern Texts Society)
Mary Telfair
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Hardcover. Gathers 142 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, slaveholding family. Few, born in 1790, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their antislavery views, the Fews never returned Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. Editor(s): Wood, Betty. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBFG; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
This volume gathers 142 of some 300 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, prominent, slaveholding Savannah family. Few, born in 1790 into equally affluent circumstances, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their strong antislavery views, the Fews never returned to Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. The close friendship between Telfair and Few ended only with their deaths in the 1870s. Regular travelers, they met on many occasions. Chiefly, however, they kept in ... Read more
This volume gathers 142 of some 300 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, prominent, slaveholding Savannah family. Few, born in 1790 into equally affluent circumstances, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their strong antislavery views, the Fews never returned to Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. The close friendship between Telfair and Few ended only with their deaths in the 1870s. Regular travelers, they met on many occasions. Chiefly, however, they kept in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Southern Texts Society
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820329208
SKU
V9780820329208
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About Mary Telfair
Betty Wood is a reader in American history at the University of Cambridge and a fellow at Girton College, Cambridge. She is the author of several books, including Gender, Race, and Rank in a Revolutionary Age (Georgia), Women's Work, Men's Work (Georgia), and Slavery in Colonial America, 1619-1776.
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