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3
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INTRODUCTION
"a great sea A going" |
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36
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AUGUST 1787
"Exceeding Dangerously ill" |
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72
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SEPTEMBER
1788 "warpt a piece" |
page
102
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OCTOBER
1789 "Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape
on a number of men" |
page
134
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NOVEMBER 1792
"Matrimonial writes" |
page
162
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DECEMBER
1793 "Birth 50. Birth 51" |
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204
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JANUARY 1796
"find my house up in arms" |
page
235
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FEBRUARY 1801
"A Desection Performd" |
page
262
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MARCH 1804
"what a scean had I to go at Evening" |
page
286
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APRIL 1809 "Polly
Purington here"
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page
309
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MAY 1809 "Workt
in my gardin"
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346
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EPILOGUE |
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353
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Appendix:
Medicinal Ingredients Mentioned in Martha Ballard's Diary |
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365
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Notes |
page
413
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Acknowledgements
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page
417
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Index |