Mingling Souls Upon Paper: An Eighteenth-Century Love Story
Vendor: Cape Ann Museum Store
By Bonnie Hurd Smith
Bonnie Hurd Smith uses the letters of Judith Sargent Murray, the eighteenth-century essayist and women's rights advocate from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to tell the poignant love story between Judith Sargent and John Murray, the founder of organized American Universalism. The two were friends for fourteen years before they could marry, separated by Judith's first husband, the disapproval of her family, threats to John's safety, and the Atlantic Ocean. They finally married in 1788 in Salem, Massachusetts, moved to Boston in 1794, raised a daughter, and led productive, important lives. Their work impacted thousands of people in their own time, and altered the course of history in the causes of women's rights and liberal religion.
Softcover, 214 pages, 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25". Black & White; 16 Images.
Copyright 2007 Bonnie Hurd Smith with Judith Sargent Murray Society and Hurd Smith Communications.