Diary of Anna Green Winslow : a Boston school girl of 1771 . something like Nehemiah, or Jehosha-phat, I suppose, it must be an odd name (ourhead indeed. Mamma.) Aunt says she hopesit ant Baal Gad, & she also says that I ama little simpleton for making my note withinthe brackets above, because, when I omit todo it, Mamma will think I have the help ofsomebody elses head but, N. B. for herselfshe utterly disclames having either her heador hand concernd in this curious journal,except where the writing makes it much for this CUT-PAPER PICTURE NOTES. Note i. Aunt Deming was Sar
Diary of Anna Green Winslow : a Boston school girl of 1771 . something like Nehemiah, or Jehosha-phat, I suppose, it must be an odd name (ourhead indeed. Mamma.) Aunt says she hopesit ant Baal Gad, & she also says that I ama little simpleton for making my note withinthe brackets above, because, when I omit todo it, Mamma will think I have the help ofsomebody elses head but, N. B. for herselfshe utterly disclames having either her heador hand concernd in this curious journal,except where the writing makes it much for this CUT-PAPER PICTURE NOTES. Note i. Aunt Deming was Sarah, the oldest child of JohnWinslow and Sarah Peirce, and therefore sister ofJoshua Winslow, Anna Green Winslows was born August 2, 1722, died March 10, married John West, and after his death married,on February 27, 1752, John Deming. He was a re-spectable and intelligent Boston citizen, but not awealthy man. He was an ensign in the Ancient andHonorable Artillery in 1771, and a deacon of theOld South Church in 1769, both of which ofiSces werepatents of nobility in provincial Boston. They livedin Central Court, leading out of Washington Street,just south of Summer Street. Aunt Deming ekedout a limited income in a manner dear to Boston gen-tlewomen in those and in later days ; she took youngladies to board while they attended Boston in colonial newspapers of Boardand half-board for young ladies were not rare, andmany good old New England names are seen inthese advertisements. Aunt Deming was a
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