Letters of Loss & Love:
Judith Sargent Murray Papers, Letter Book 3
The second volume of Bonnie Hurd Smith's multi-year project to publish
Judith Sargent Murray's letter books contains letters written during
the years 1785 to 1789, when Judith's first husband went bankrupt and
died leaving her widowed and poor, when she married the Universalist
preacher John Murray and met John and Abigail Adams during their
honeymoon journey, and when she traveled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
York, Maine, and parts of Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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The Letters I Left Behind:
Judith Sargent Murray Papers, Letter Book 10
In the first volume of Bonnie Hurd Smith's multi-year project to
transcribe, index, and edit Judith Sargent Murray's letter books,
Bonnie presents a "new" eyewitness account of eighteenth century
history told through the pen of an educated, merchant class essayist.
Letters in this volume were written by Judith Sargent Murray from 1796
to 1799, and they include those written to John Adams and George
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Boston Women & The Law: A Walking Trail through Four Centuries of Boston Women's Legal History
Suffragists, abolitionists, judges and attorneys, this lively book
chronicles the stories of women's legal history in the City of Boston.
It was written for New England Law | Boston for the law school's Centennial year in
2008, and published by Hurd Smith Communications.
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Mingling Souls Upon Paper:
An Eighteenth-Century Love Story
Bonnie Hurd Smith uses Judith Sargent Murray's letters to tell the
poignant love story between the eighteenth century essayist Judith
Sargent Murray 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.
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Salem Women's Heritage Trail
This self-guided walking tour through four centuries of
women's history in Salem, Massachusetts, honors the contributions of
women to the development of the seaport city made famous by the Witch
Trials of 1692 and maritime trade.
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Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Bonnie Hurd Smith was a contributing writer to and designer of
this collection of six self-guided walks through Boston's Back Bay,
Beacon Hill, Downtown, North End, Chinatown, and the South End.
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From Gloucester to Philadephia in 1790:
Observations, thoughts, and anecdotes
from the letters of Judith Sargent Murray
In
1790, the eighteenth century essayist Judith Sargent Murray made a
six-month journey to Philadelphia with her husband, John Murray, to
attend the first national convention of Universalists. The letters in
this volume chronicle meetings with historical figures like George
Washington, sitting through early sessions of Congress in New York,
towns, cities, events, and travel conditions.
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The Living Legacy of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bonnie Hurd Smith was commissioned by the Emerson Bicentennial
Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Association to write and design
an exhibit and book on the life, work, and legacy of one of America's
most enduring intellectuals and authors.
Available from the Harvard Square Library.