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xiv, 451 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm., "Elihu Ashley (1750-1817) was a twenty-three year old medical apprentice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, when he began keeping a personal journal in March 1773. Over the next two-and-a-half years, he recorderd, in clear and simple prose, just about everything he did and everyone he saw. Although carefully preserved, the journal was later suppressed by the town historian, presumably because he found some of the entries morally objectionable. Rediscovered by Amelia F. Miller, and coeditied by Miller and A.R. Riggs, this document now appears in print for the first time, accompanied by related letters of Ashley's extended family as well as brief biographies of more than 750 people mentioned by the young doctor in his writings." From the bookjacket.
Family.
Physicians
Physicians Social life and customs 18th century.
Physicians History 18th century.
Social life and customs 18th century.
Social conditions 18th century.
Ashley, Elihu, 1750-1817.
Miller, Amelia F.
Riggs, A. R.
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ;
Deerfield [Mass.] : Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
xiv, 451 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Elihu Ashley (1750-1817) was a twenty-three year old medical apprentice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, when he began keeping a personal journal in March 1773. Over the next two-and-a-half years, he recorderd, in clear and simple prose, just about everything he did and everyone he saw. Although carefully preserved, the journal was later suppressed by the town historian, presumably because he found some of the entries morally objectionable. Rediscovered by Amelia F. Miller, and coeditied by Miller and A.R. Riggs, this document now appears in print for the first time, accompanied by related letters of Ashley's extended family as well as brief biographies of more than 750 people mentioned by the young doctor in his writings." From the bookjacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Received May 5, 2008.
9781558495609 (cloth : alk. paper)
1558495606 (cloth : alk. paper)
Stacks F74.D4 A69 2007
Ashley, Elihu, 1750-1817
Ashley family.
Diaries.
Biography.
Massachusetts Deerfield
Deerfield (Mass.)
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