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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Puritan Daily Life and Concerns

In light of our discussion of Puritans last week take a look at "A Puritan Maiden's Diary" on the Cornell Library website.

This link 1675 diary of a Puritan girl, its author is unknown, appears to begin on her birthday and covers, roughly, a two year period. It was first published in the late 19th century - the link is to the article as it was originally published with text from the diary. Read through the article and text (it's five pages) and then write a paragraph or two about the diary.

What seem to be some of the girl's major concerns? What kind of a "snapshot" of Puritan daily life does it provide? What do we learn about Puritan daily life? How does this account compare to some of your other readings about Puritans and what you learned in lecture about their daily lives and concerns?