The Letters of Mary Penry A Single Moravian Woman in Early America
The Letters of Mary Penry: A Single Moravian Woman in Early America

In The Letters of Mary Penry, Scott Paul Gordon provides unprecedented access to the intimate world of a Moravian single sister. This vast collection of letters-compiled, transcribed, and annotated by Gordon-introduces readers to an unmarried woman who worked, worshiped, and wrote about her experien...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2018]
Series:Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies 4
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters
Moravian women > Pennsylvania > Correspondence
Moravians > Pennsylvania > Social life and customs > 18th century
Moravians > Pennsylvania > Social life and customs > 19th century
Single women > Pennsylvania > Correspondence
Single women > Pennsylvania > Social life and customs > 18th century
Single women > Pennsylvania > Social life and customs > 19th century
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Summary:In The Letters of Mary Penry, Scott Paul Gordon provides unprecedented access to the intimate world of a Moravian single sister. This vast collection of letters-compiled, transcribed, and annotated by Gordon-introduces readers to an unmarried woman who worked, worshiped, and wrote about her experience living in Moravian religious communities at the time of the American Revolution and early republic. Penry, a Welsh immigrant and a convert to the Moravian faith, was well connected in both the international Moravian community and the state of Pennsylvania. She counted among her acquaintances Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker and Hannah Callender Sansom, two American women whose writings have also been preserved, in addition to members of some of the most prominent families in Philadelphia, such as the Shippens, the Franklins, and the Rushes. This collection brings together more than seventy of Penry's letters, few of which have been previously published. Gordon's introduction provides a useful context for understanding the letters and the unique woman who wrote them. This collection of Penry's letters broadens perspectives on early America and the eighteenth-century Moravian Church by providing a sustained look at the spiritual and social life of a single woman at a time when singleness was extraordinarily rare. It also makes an important contribution to the recovery of women's voices in early America, amplifying views on politics, religion, and social networks from a time when few women's perspectives on these subjects have been preserved
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages) 7 illustrations
ISBN:9780271082844

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