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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.08132
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0164] Undated: The Knox Family 
Title Unknown author to Elizabeth writing about life in a village
Date ca. 1750-1820
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes about a village and states that "their awkward attempts to appear what they are not, and never can be is amusing enough. For instance what do you think of Old Squire Gleason enacting the Beau and not only this but apearing [sic] the gallant gay Lothario and winning hearts and cruelly leaving them to break-"
Subjects Woman Author  Women's History  Sexuality  Morality and Ethics  Humor and Satire  
Theme Women in American History; Agriculture
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859