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Romance, Remedies, and Revolution: The Journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1773-1775
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Hardcover. Elihu Ashley (1750-1817) was a twenty-three-year-old medical apprentice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, when he began keeping a personal journal in March 1773. This document is accompanied by related letters of Ashley's extended family as well as brief biographies of more than 750 people mentioned by the young doctor in his writings. Editor(s): Miller, Amelia F.; Riggs, A.R. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 930.
Elihu Ashley (1750-1817) was a twenty-three-year-old medical apprentice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, when he began keeping a personal journal in March 1773. Over the next two-and-a-half years, he recorded, in clear and simple prose, just about everything he did and everyone he saw. Although carefully preserved, the journal was later suppressed by the town historian, presumably because he found some of the entries morally objectionable. Rediscovered by Amelia F. Miller, and coedited by Miller and A. R. Riggs, this document now appears in print for the first time, accompanied by related letters of Ashley's extended family as well as brief biographies ... Read more
Elihu Ashley (1750-1817) was a twenty-three-year-old medical apprentice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, when he began keeping a personal journal in March 1773. Over the next two-and-a-half years, he recorded, in clear and simple prose, just about everything he did and everyone he saw. Although carefully preserved, the journal was later suppressed by the town historian, presumably because he found some of the entries morally objectionable. Rediscovered by Amelia F. Miller, and coedited by Miller and A. R. Riggs, this document now appears in print for the first time, accompanied by related letters of Ashley's extended family as well as brief biographies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495609
SKU
V9781558495609
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About
An independent scholar, the late AMELIA F. MILLER was former president of the governing board of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in Deerfield, Massachusetts. A. R. RIGGS is retired McGill University Professor.
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