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First published 1994 by Northeastern University Press This edition, with new preface, copyright © 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Drinker, Elizabeth Sandwith, 1734–1807. The diary of Elizabeth Drinker : the life cycle of an eighteenth-century woman / edited, with a new preface, by Elaine Forman Crane. — Abridged ed.    p. cm. “First published 1994 by Northeastern University Press”—T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-0-8122-2077-3 (alk. paper) 1. Drinker Elizabeth Sandwith, 1734–1807—Diaries. 2.Women—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Diaries. 3. Quakers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Diaries. 4.Women—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Social life and customs—18th century. 5. Quakers—Pennsylvania— Philadelphia—Social life and customs—18th century. 6. Childbirth—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History— 18th century. 7.Vaccination—Pennsylvania— Philadelphia—History—18th century. 8. Medicine— Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—18th century. 9. Philadelphia (Pa.)—Social life and customs—18th century. 10. Philadelphia (Pa.)—Biography. I.Title. F158.9F89D752 2009 974.8'1103092—dc22 [B] 2009009381 ...

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