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The Aunt Lute ANTHOLOGY of U.S. aunt lute books SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN WRITERS General Editors LISA MARIA HOGELAND AND . MARY KLAGES Co-Editors SHAY BRAWN, BONNIE J. DOW, DAVID KAZANJIAN, DEBORAH T. MEEM, RHONDA PETTIT VOLUME.;ON;E: d7th through 19th Centuries CONTENTS v Acknowledgments xxiii Preface i ANNE HUTCHINSON 1 The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newtown 24 from A Report of the Trial of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson Before the Church in Boston, March, 1638 24 ANNE BRADSTREET 1612-1672 24 The Prologue 26 In Honour of That High and Mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of Happy Memory 29 The Author to Her Book 30 The Flesh and the Spirit 32 To My Dear and Loving Husband 33 Here Follows Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666. Copied Out of a Loose Paper 34 from Meditations Divine and Moral 35 MARY EASTY 1634-1692 36 Mary Easty 42 MARY WHITE ROWLANDSON i637?-i7n? 42 from A Narrative of the Captivity and the Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson 60 SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT 1666-1727 61 The Journal of Madam Knight 78 TlTUBA^N.D. • f • 78 The Examination of Tituba 87 ESTHER RODGERS 1680-1701 87 The Declaration & Confession of Esther Rodgers 98 MARY READ ?-i72o 98 The Life of Mary Read 102 ANNE BONNY 1697?-? 103 The Life of Anne Bonny 107 PATIENCE BOSTON 1711-1735 107 A Faithful Narrative of the Wicked Life and Remarkable Conversion of Patience Boston x I The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers 123 ANONYMOUS 123 Verses Written by a Young Lady, on Women Born to be Controll'd! 124 Impromptu, on Reading an Essay on Education 125 A Lady's Adieu to her Tea-Table i2s HANNAH GRIFFITTS 1727-1817 126 The Female Patriots 127 MERCY OTIS WARREN 1728-1814 127 To the Hon. J. Winthrop, Esq. 131 LUCY TERRY PRINCE 1730-1821 131 Bars Fight 132 ANNIS BOUDINOT STOCKTON 1736-1801 132 A Poetical Epistle, Addressed by a Lady of New Jersey, to Her Niece, upon Her Marriage 135 ABIGAIL ABBOT BAILEY 1746-1815 135 from The Memoirs of Mrs. Abigail Bailey 162 JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY 1751-1820 163 On the Equality of the Sexes 170 PHILLIS WHEATLEY CA. 1753-1784 170 On being brought from AFRICA to AMERICA 170 On the Death of a young Lady of Five Years of Age 171 Letter to John Thornton 173 Letter to Samson Occom 173 SARAH WENTWORTH MORTON 1759-1846 174 The African Chief 175 DEBORAH SAMPSON GANNETT 1760-1827 176 Address 183 RACHEL WALL 1760-1789 184 Life, Last Words, and Dying Confession of Rachel Wall 186 SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON 1762-1824 187 Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom 217 CHARITY BOWERY 1782-? 217 Interview with Charity Bowery 221 JARENA LEE 1783-? 222 The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee, A Coloured Lady, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel 237 MUSKINGHAM COUNTY FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY 237 Petition of Ladies, Resident in the State of Ohio CONTENTS | xi 238 ELIZA LESLIE 1787-1858 239 Lucy Nelson; or, The Boy Girl 242 from Directions for Cookery in Its Various Branches 245 EMMA WILLARD 1787-1870 245 from An Address to the Public; Particularly to the Members of the Legislature of New-York, Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education 255 SARAH JOSEPHA HALE 1788-1879 255 The Lloyds 269 from The Ladies' New Book of Cookery 270 CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK 1789-1867 271 Cacoethes Scribendi 280 The Irish Girl 289 THE LOWELL OFFERING 289 Factory Girls 292 Old Maids and Old Bachelors 295 Ann and Myself 298 Letters from Susan 301 ANN GARRISON 1791-? 301 Ann Garrison 303 LYDIA HUNTLEY SlGOURNEY 1791-1865 •' > 303 Death of an Infant 304 The Suttee 305 To the First Slave Ship 306 The Cherokee Mother 307 Indian Names 308 To a Shred of Linen 310 Laura Bridgman 311 Fallen Forests 313 Erin's Daughter 314 from Letters to Mothers 317 SARAH GRIMKE 1792-1873 317 Dress of Women 321 ALMIRA HART LINCOLN PHELPS 1793-1884 321 from Familiar Lectures on Botany 324 CATHERINE OGEE WYAN AKWUT OKWA N.D. 324 Confessions of Catherine Ogee Wyan Akwut Okwa; or, The Woman of the Blue-Robed Cloud, the Prophetess of Chegoimegon 328 MARIA GOWEN BROOKS 1794-1845 328 Farewell to Cuba 330 from Zophiel, A Poem xii I The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers 332 CAROLINE HOWARD GILMAN 1794-1888 332 The Lost Mail 337 SOJOURNER TRUTH CA. 1797-1883 337 Speech, Delivered at the 1851 Woman's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio 338 CATHARINE E. BEECHER 1800-1878 339 from Suggestions Respecting Improvements in Education 341 from An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with Reference to the Duty of American Females 353 from Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the Use of Young Ladies At Home and At School 356 from The American Woman's Home (with Harriet Beecher Stowe) 36i CAROLINE LEE WHITING HENTZ 1800-1856 361 The Blind Girl's Story 373 JANE JOHNSTON SCHOOLCRAFT (BAME-WA-WAS-GE-ZHIK-A-QUAY) 1800-1841 374 Invocation to My Maternal Grandfather on Hearing His Descent from Chippewa Ancestors Misrepresented 375 Origin of the Miscodeed; or, The Maid of Taquimenon 377 CAROLINE MATILDA KIRKLAND 1801-1864 377 Mrs. Pell's Pilgrimage 386 MARIA ANTONIA CASTRO 1802-? 386 A California Lion and a Pirate 389 LYDIA MARIA FRANCIS CHILD 1802-1880 389 from The Mother's Book 395 from Letters from New-York 400 MARY POPE N.D. 400 Interview with Mary Pope 402 MARIA J. MCINTOSH 1803-1878 402 from Woman in America: Her Work and Her Reward 408 MARIA W. MILLER STEWART 1803-1879 409 Lecture, Delivered at the Franklin Hall, Boston, Sept. 21, 1832 412 SARAH WHITMAN 1803-1878 412 To-— 413 ToE. O. S. 413 "Science." 414 ANGELINA GRIMKE WELD 1805-1879 414 Address at Pennsylvania Hall 4i8 EMMA CATHERINE EMBURY 1806-1863 418 Madame de Stael 420 The Count and the Cousin CONTENTS | Xtii 425 ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH 1806-1893 426 The Drowned Mariner 428 Strength from the Hills 428 The Poet 429 MARGARET FULLER 1810-1850 430 Educate Men and Women As Souls 431 Household Nobleness 433 ANN SOPHIA STEPHENS 1810-1886 434 Literary Ladies 444 The Hindoo Slave 447 FANNY FERN CSARAH PAYSON WILLIS) 1811-1872 447 Advice to Ladies 448 Aunt Hetty on Matrimony 449 Borrowed Light 450 Important for Married Men 451 Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom 452 Thorns for the Rose 456 The Working-Girls of New York 460 FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD 1811-1850 460 The Daisy's Mistake 462 The Lily's Delusion 462 To the Spirit of Poetry 464 He Bade Me Be Happy 464 Ah! Woman Still 465 Caprice 466 Forgive and Forget 467 Woman 469 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 1811-1896 469 The Ravages of a Carpet 477 The Minister's Housekeeper 485 from The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 490 FRANCES MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER I8II?-I852 490 from Widow Bedott Papers 493 SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER 1813-1894 493 The Lumley Autograph 510 ELIZA W. FARNHAM 1813-1864 511 from California In-Doors and Out 529 HARRIET JACOBS CA. 1813-1897 530 from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 534 ELIZA DUPUY 1814-1881 534 The Partners xiv | The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers 541 SARAH LOUISA FORTEN 1814-1883 . - 541 The Grave of the Slave 542 An Appeal to Woman ' 542 PENNY PATCH N.D. 542 The Finishing Seminary for Young Ladies 549 ANNA G N.D. 549 Lilly Martin's Three Dollar Bill 556 BRIGIDA BRIONES N.D. 556 A Carnival Ball at Monterey in 1829 558 A Glimpse of Domestic Life in 1827 559 ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS 1815-1852 559 The Angel Over the Right Shoulder; or, The Beginning of a New Year 565 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON 1815-1902 565 The Solitude of Self 572 BETHANY VENEY 1815?-? 572 The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman 588 ELIZABETH PACKARD 1816-1897 588 from Marital Power Exemplified 594 AMALIA SlBRIAN N.D. 594 A Spanish Girl's Journey from Monterey to Los Angeles 596 MARY H. EASTMAN 1818-1887 596 Wenona; or, The Virgin's Feast 602 ROSA BARNWELL N.D. 602 Rosa Barnwell 603 JULIA WARD HOWE 1819-1910 603 Coquette et Froide 604 Mother Mind 605 Battle-Hymn of the Republic 605 Rouge Gagne 606 The Tea-Party 607 To the Critic 607 Appeal to Womanhood throughout the World 608 ANNA CORA MOWATT 1819-1870 609 Fashion! or, Life in New York 647 E.D.E.N. SOUTHWORTH 1819-1899 648 Winny: A Child's Story 656 AMELIA WELBY 1819-1852 657 On Entering the Mammoth Cave CONTENTS | XV 660 MARY B. HORNE N.D. 660 The Darktown Bicycle Club Scandal 671 NELLIE H. BRADLEY N.D. 672 The First Glass; or, The Power of Woman's Influence 679 ALICE CARY 1820-1871 679 Pictures of Memory 680 Morna 681 The Bridal Veil - 682 The Sea-Side Cave 683 To the Muse 684 ANN PLATO 1820-? 684 Lines, Written Upon Being Examined in School Studies for the Preparation of a Teacher 685 The Natives of America 686 To the First of August 687 ELIZA POTTER 1820-? 688 from A Hair-Dresser's Experience in High Life 703 SENECA FALLS WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION 703 Declaration of Sentiments 706 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 1821-1910 706 from The Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls 718 MARIA WHITE LOWELL 1821-1853 718 Africa 721 An Opium Fantasy 722 CAROLINE WELLS HEALEY DALL 1822-1912 722 from The United-States Law, and Some Thoughts on Human Rights 731 GRACE GREENWOOD CSARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTTI 1823-1904 731 My First Hunting and Fishing 736 ELIZABETH STODDARD 1823-1903 736 Collected by a Valetudinarian 753 PHOEBE CARY 1824-1871 754 The Christian Woman 755 Samuel Brown 756 The Wife 756 The Hunter and the Doe 757 Was He Henpecked? 759 Do You Blame Her? xvi | The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S.