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Contents Preface: A Woman for All Seasons vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Editorial Note xxvii List of Abbreviations and Short Titles xxxi Family Tree xl 1.Youth and Courtship, 1758–1761 3 2.Wife and Mother, 1762–1775 23 3. Middle Age inYears of Crisis, 1776–1793 55 4. Grandmother and Grand Mother, 1794–1807 123 Biographical Directory 305 Index of Names 343 Subject Index 357 ...

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