Contributions

  • Salinger, Sharon V. (Sharon Vineberg) - Contributor

Publication

2014 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC974.4/6102
  • LCCF73.4 .D39 2014
  • LCCF73.4.D39 2014

Description

Recounts the "warnings out" delivered by Robert Love in Boston to some four thousand itinerants, including youthful migrant workers, demobilized British soldiers, recently exiled Acadians, and women following the redcoats who occupied Boston in 1768. Love kept meticulous records of the sojourners he spoke to, including where they lodged and whether they were lame, ragged, drunk, impudent, homeless, or begging. Through these documents, the authors reconstruct the biographies of travelers, exploring why so many people were on the move throughout the British Atlantic and why they came to Boston.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Early American studies

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