Date of Award
Fall 1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Director
Peter C. Stewart
Committee Member
Richard Rutyna
Committee Member
John W. Kuehl
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H47Z45
Abstract
This thesis is a collection of the correspondence of Margaret Parker (nee Ellegood), an eighteenth century Norfolk merchant's wife, The fifty-seven items, which cover the years from 1760 through 1785 and deal mainly with domestic matters, were transcribed from the microfilms of the Parker Family Papers, 1760-1795, Walter Minchinton, general editor {Micro Methods Ltd,,1964). The transcriptions have been arranged chronologically, annotated, and supplemented with background material concerning the Ellegood and Parker families, the history of Norfolk Borough and Princess Anne County, and the place, of women in eighteenth century society.
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DOI
10.25777/2mmv-sp04
Recommended Citation
Zimmer, Carmeline V..
"Selected Letters from the Parker Family Papers: The Correspondence of Margaret Parker"
(1977). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/2mmv-sp04
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/275