Letters
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Letters
Private vs. Public
Private Letters: spontaneous, conversational, intended for one person
Public Letters: intended fora wide audience Also called epistles
Fact vs. Opinion
Fact: something that can be proved
Opinion: a personal belief- can be supported but not proved
“I think…” “It seems…” “ought”
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
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crècevoeur
1735-1813French aristocratCanada French armyAmerican colonies land
surveyor, Indian traderNew York got married,
began writing
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