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Families and Children

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Annual Proceedings
June 29 and 30, 1985

CONTENTS

Overview Essay
New England Families in Historical Perspective
David T. Courtwright

SECTION I: FAMILIES AND SOCIETY

“Girling of it” in Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Lois K. Stabler

The Politics of Patriarchy in Shays’s Rebellion: The Case of Henry McCulloch
Gregory H. Nobles

SECTION II: CHILD NURTURE AND EDUCATION

Nursing and Weaning in an Eighteenth-Century New England Household
Ross W. Beales, Jr.

Clothing for the Little Stranger, 1740–1850
Jane C. Nylander

“Without a Word of Explanation”: District Schools of Nineteenth-Century New England
Mark J. Sammons

SECTION III: FAMILY SYMBOLS

Decorated Family Records from Coastal Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut
Peter Benes

SECTION IV: NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Selected Bibliography on Children and Families in New England
Ross W. Beales, Jr.

Conference Program, 29 and 30 June 1985
Abstracts of Conference Papers Not Appearing in this Volume
Photo and Illustration Credits
Notes on Contributors