The Letters of Mary Penry: A Single Moravian Woman in Early America

Book Overview

In The Letters of Mary Penry, Scott Paul Gordon provides unprecedented access to the intimate world of a Moravian single sister. This vast collection of letters--compiled, transcribed, and annotated by Gordon--introduces readers to an unmarried woman who worked, worshiped, and wrote about her experience living in Moravian religious communities at the time of the American Revolution and early republic.

Penry, a Welsh immigrant and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271081090
• ISBN13: 9780271081090
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"