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Esther Burr's journal is considered an important source in studies of American history and literature for its insight into a woman's daily life in the late colonial period of the United States, although it was not until 1984 that her journal was published in its entirety to the public. [2]
13 de may. de 2013 · Although the life she led was short, Esther Edwards Burr packed a lot of living into those years and she left her mark on the literary history of Colonial America by means of her own writing.
16 de mar. de 2022 · Raised by his erudite mother and four older sisters, Jonathan Edwards treated Esther very much as a pupil, as did her forward-thinking husband, Aaron Burr, Sr., whom she married in 1752 at the...
13 de nov. de 2013 · The journal of Esther Edwards Burr, 1754-1757. by. Burr, Esther Edwards. cn; Karlsen, Carol F., 1940- . cn; Crumpacker, Laurie, 1941- . cn. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Burr, Esther Edwards, Burr family, Wives, Women. Publisher.
Esther Edwards Burr was the third of 11 children of Sarah Pierrepont and the prominent minister, Jonathan Edwards. At the age of twenty she married Aaron Burr , pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newark, New Jersey , and later a founder and second president of Princeton College.
esther edwards burr (1732–58) was the third child of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont Edwards. She grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, at the height of the Great Awakening, hearing the preaching of such evangelists as George Whitefield, and witnessing ecstatic religious behavior, including her mother’s in 1742.
This richly detailed and intimate journal is the earliest ongoing record of a woman's daily life in the colonial United States. Written as a series of lett...
