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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…

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.

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

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

Who, and What, Has Not Failed_edited.pdf
The narrator reflects on responses to the US financial crisis of 1837, focusing on a family whose daughter is about to be married, and offers an alternative to panic and despair.

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