Letters

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Page 1: Letters

Letters

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Private vs. Public

Private Letters: spontaneous, conversational, intended for one person

Public Letters: intended fora wide audience Also called epistles

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Fact vs. Opinion

Fact: something that can be proved

Opinion: a personal belief- can be supported but not proved

“I think…” “It seems…” “ought”

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Abigail Smith Adams

1744-1818Wife of John Adams (2nd US President)Mother of John Quincy Adams (6th US

President)Influential: women’s rights,

opposed slaveryNo formal schooling fought for

women to have the sameeducation as a man

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Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crècevoeur

1735-1813French aristocratCanada French armyAmerican colonies land

surveyor, Indian traderNew York got married,

began writing

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Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crècevoeur

1780: London published Letters From an American Farmer, famous

1783: America farm burned, wife killed, children in foster homes

1789: Paris continued to write about America but others lost interest because of Napoleonic Wars