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Title: Account by Lowry Wister, [1781]; Account by Wister, Lowry
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7649
Description: Lowrey Wister's account of her son's life and death. She writes of William Wister's birth and her concern of having too much attachment to him as she had previously experienced the death of an infant son. She continues to describe him as clever and discusses her attachment to him. Lowrey describes his illness. Lowrey carefully details his illness and her administrations.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Motherhood; Women--History--18th century; Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions; Child care--18th century; Child care--18th century; Wister, William, 1778-1781
Date: [1781]; 2022

Title: Currie, Mary to Sarah Franklin Bache, 1793 March 6
Identifier(s): text:320798
Description: Letter from Mary Currie to Sally Bache regarding the Bache children.
Creator: Currie, Maryet al
Subject: Child rearing; Child care--18th century; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; Harwood, Elizabeth (Eliza) Franklin Bache, 1777-1820
Date: 1793-03-06; 2021

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 June 01; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11915
Description: Sarah Franklin Bache writes about her family to her father. She informs Benjamin Franklin about her eldest daughter's, Elizabeth, education. The letter includes a delightful vignette about playing with children and rabbits.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Child care--18th century
Date: 1783-06-01; 2022

Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 January 09; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10931
Description: Richard Bache updates Benjamin Franklin on family matters. He writes that "Little Debby" (Deborah Franklin Bache) was inoculated against smallpox successfully.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Child care--18th century; Duane, Deborah Franklin Bache, 1781-1863
Date: 1782-01-09; 2022

Title: Rush, Julia Stockton to Benjamin Rush, 1783 July 19
Identifier(s): text:302196
Description: A personal letter from Julia Rush, in her family's estate Morven, to Benjamin Rush, in Philadelphia. Julia writes of her household and caregiving responsibilities, stating she “has her hands full I assure you.” Julia writes of her and Benjamin’s children's health, describing a home remedy she made to heal a toothache, and requests that Benjamin delegate some housekeeping chores in Philadelphia, giving him detailed instructions for this work such as pickling "morella" cherries. She also mentions the "adjournment of Congress” and spending an "afternoon in company with Mr. Jacob Read."
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; War and families--United States--History--18th century; Women--History--18th century; Child care--18th century; Motherhood; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Traditional medicine--United States--History--18th century; Formulas, recipes, etc; Philadelphia (Pa.); Princeton (N.J.); Read, Jacob, 1752-1816
Date: 1783-07-19