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Abigaill Franks' letters are among the earliest extant by a woman in colonial New York City. They are also the earliest known letters by a Jewish woman in British America and probably the Western colonies. Thirty-five letters survive, all written to her son Naphtali between 1733 and 1748. These letters represent a rare resource for the study of family life during the colonial period as well as of the life of a lively and articulate woman.
In this fascinating book, Edith B. Gelles carefully edits all of Abigaill Franks' letters to make them accessible to modern readers. Gelles' substantial introduction provides a portrait of New York City at the time, describes typical colonial family life, and discusses the Jewish immigrant experience in New York. Abigaill's spontaneously written letters tell of one Jewish family's assimilation in eighteenth-century America; it is a story that resonates with other stories of assimilation that permeate the pages of American history.

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Title Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733-1748 (Revised)
Author Edith B. Gelles (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition Revised ed.
Pages 258
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
Date 2004-11-29
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9780300103458 / 030010345X
Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
Dimensions 8.46 x 6 x 0.77 in (21.49 x 15.24 x 1.96 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), Jews - New York (State) - New York
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004042245
Dewey Decimal Code B

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Edith B. Gelles is senior scholar, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University. She is the author of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams and Abigail Adams: A Writing Life.

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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. Book. NF. Hardback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in gray paper-covered boards with silver title on the spine. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Abigaill Franks was a contemporary of Abigale Adams and like Adams Franks provided astute comments of the politics and society of the day. 180 pages including the Index..