Diary of Anna Green Winslow: A Boston Schoolgirl of 1771

This is partly a diary of a girl of ten who was sent to school in Boston, and partly footnotes, which take up about 39% of the book.

The girl only lived to be nineteen, dying in 1779. She was extremely religious, a dutiful daughter, and undertook the normal activities of a girl of her times. She did a lot of sewing, cooking, and visiting her relatives. She also spent a lot of time at church, and much of her diary consists of quotes from sermons or from the Bible.

She also writes about the weather (at one time there was six or seven feet of snow where she lived), various illnesses, accidents and deaths of people she knew, and common everyday things like that.

She was also strongly anti-Jewish, blaming them specifically for the crucifixion of Jesus.

It's kind of an interesting book but the diary part ends far too abruptly and there are too many footnotes.

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Diary of Anna Green Winslow: A Boston Schoolgirl of 1771

This is partly a diary of a girl of ten who was sent to school in Boston, and partly footnotes, which take up about 39% of the book.

She also writes about the weather (at one time there was six or seven feet of snow where she lived), various illnesses, accidents and deaths of people she knew, and common everyday things like that.

She was also strongly anti-Jewish, blaming them specifically for the crucifixion of Jesus.

It's kind of an interesting book but the diary part ends far too abruptly and there are too many footnotes. Main Index Page

It's kind of an interesting book but the diary part ends far too abruptly and there are too many footnotes.

Main Index Page