All of the known letters written by Maria Bryan (1808-1844) of Mt. Zion, Georgia, to her sister Julia Bryan Cumming of Augusta. Spanning a period from the mid-1820s to the mid-1840s, the letters relate firsthand the daily affairs and concerns of a planter's daughter on a moderately successful plantation.
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All of the known letters written by Maria Bryan (1808-1844) of Mt. Zion, Georgia, to her sister Julia Bryan Cumming of Augusta. Spanning a period from the mid-1820s to the mid-1840s, the letters relate firsthand the daily affairs and concerns of a planter's daughter on a moderately successful plantation.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked University Press hardback with a dust jacket no protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. This nice copy has an "opened-only-once-or-twice" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. These letters reveal a wealth of information on, and attitudes about romance, courtship, marriage, family life, childbirth, childrearing, friendship, religion, sickness, home remedies, death, books, fashion, travel education, politics, and social events in pre-Civil War Georgia. Illustrated. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
