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"Old Maids"
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.
"Cacoethes Scribendi"
A young woman is embarrassed when her writing is published by her family without her knowledge.
"Owasonook"
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.
"The Patch-Work Quilt"
An elderly Black woman's story of a patchwork quilt that was sewn during the thirty years she worked in the home of a White family.
Tags: 1846, Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Consumption, Death, Germans, God, Indians, marriage, missionaries, Patch-work, quilts, Race, Relics, Saxon, servant, Stockbridge, Waterloo, West
"Might Versus Right"
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…
"First Love"
Story about a young woman's passionate first love, her parents' intervention, and her subsequent happy marriage to another man.