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Bowen, Penuel, 1742-1788. Penuel Bowen inaugural dissertation, 1786.

Title: Penuel Bowen inaugural dissertation, 1786.

This collection consists of a forty-three page inaugural dissertation to the opening of an English academy for young women in Savannah, Georgia, given on November 20, 1786, and entitled "Upon Virtue in general, and female Education and manners in particular, Being an inaugural Dissertation to the opening an English Academy for young Ladies and Misses, in Savannah the 20th Novr 1786 By the Preceptor of the Academy who undertook the business of his own motion." The dissertation is attributed to Penuel Bowen by Mary Beth Norton in her text Liberty's Daughters, as the dissertation appears to be written in Bowen's handwriting. According to Norton, Bowen also mentions the Savannah academy in letters to William Gibbons and his wife (Mary Beth Norton, Liberty's Daughters. Cornell University Press, 1996. Footnote 22, p. 368). The name of the academy is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

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Bowen, Penuel, 1742-1788. Penuel Bowen family correspondence, 1772-1795.

Title: Penuel Bowen family correspondence, 1772-1795.

Correspondence (1772-1788) of Penuel Bowen includes a letterbook fragment (1786-1788) containing drafts of his letters from Charleston (S.C.), Johns Island (S.C.), and Savannah (Ga.) to family members and clergymen. Correspondence concerns his attempts to obtain a parish post, the education of his children, his philosophy of education, the difficulties of raising his children while separated from his family, comparisons between the North and South, and other matters. Correspondence (1788-1795) of Susannah Barrett Bowen, widow of Penuel Bowen, concerns her husband's death, plans to return to Boston (Mass.), religious matters, her assistance from the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of the Protestant Episcopal Clergy, and other matters. Included is a letter (1795) to her from Bishop Robert Smith concerning her son Nathaniel Bowen. Other correspondents include her brother Samuel Barrett and sister Anna Hill (both in Boston), and Nathaniel Russell of Charleston (S.C.).

ArchivalResource: ca. 20 items.

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