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Cacoethes Scribendi.pdf
A young woman is embarrassed when her writing is published by her family without her knowledge.

A modest young woman from the country comes to live with her city cousins, and uses Biblical and parental precepts to adjust and thrive.

Story about a young woman's passionate first love, her parents' intervention, and her subsequent happy marriage to another man.

Magnetism Among the Shakers pdf.pdf
A sketch in which the speaker relates a conversation between an older male Shaker and his sister about Shaker beliefs and practices.

A young girl from a modest family is hurt by another young girl from a wealthy family.

Might versus Right.pdf
A young woman from a wealthy family marries and her husband legally gains rights to all of her property. The husband's poor business management and drinking cause him to lose the money, and the wife must work to support the family. When the husband…

New York Fountains and Astor Baths.pdf
A sketch describing public fountains and art in New York City.

Old Maids .pdf
Two women are discussing the negative views of old maids, and one gives the sad account of an old maid who gave up her true love for the happiness of her sister, and the unintended consequences of that sacrifice for all of the parties involved.

A widower is deceived by a Deacon into believing she has been left nothing. When she marries a man outside of the church she is threatened with excommunication.

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