To daughter, with love: maternal advice in the Early Republic [typescript] ; 1999 Dec.

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To daughter, with love: maternal advice in the Early Republic [typescript] ; 1999 Dec.

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Essay written for undergraduate class, History 497C, using the papers of the Cox and Chesnut families as primary source material. Discussion of advice given by Esther Bowes Cox of Philadelphia to her daughter, Mary Cox Chesnut of Camden, S.C.; Cox's letters, 1796-1814, discussed family news and offered opinions on courtship, marriage, childbirth, and related topics, including Chesnut's difficulties with breast feeding. Mary Cox Chesnut (1775-1864) was mother-in-law of famous diariest Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-1886).

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