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Esther Edwards Burr (February 13, 1732 – April 7, 1758) kept a personal journal from October 1754, in which she recorded her perspective on current events and her daily activities.
16 de mar. de 2022 · Esther Edwards Burr’s journal gives us one of the few records of female life in colonial America. Here’s what it reveals.
13 de nov. de 2013 · The journal of Esther Edwards Burr, 1754-1757. by. Burr, Esther Edwards. cn; Karlsen, Carol F., 1940- . cn; Crumpacker, Laurie, 1941- . cn. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Burr, Esther Edwards, Burr family, Wives, Women. Publisher.
Esther Edwards Burr was the third of 11 children of Sarah Pierrepont and the prominent minister, Jonathan Edwards. At the age of twenty she married Aaron Burr, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newark, New Jersey, and later a founder and second president of Princeton College.
This richly detailed and intimate journal is the earliest ongoing record of a woman's daily life in the colonial United States. Written as a series of lett...
Esther, the daughter of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont Edwards, grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, at the height of the Great Awakening. In 1752, she married Aaron Burr, a Presbyterian minister in Newark, New Jersey, who also served as the second president of the College of New Jersey.
Esther Edwards Burr was the third child of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards. Esther was born on February 13, 1732 in Northampton, Massachusetts. During her devoted life, she often corresponded with a close friend through letters.
