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The Years of the Life of Samuel Lane, 1718–1806
A New Hampshire Man and His World
Jerald E. Brown, ed.; Donna-Belle Garvin, intro.
University Press of New England
2000 • 276 pp. 130 illus., 76 figs. 7 x 10"
History - New England / New Hampshire / American Studies / Colonial History
$19.95 Paper, 978-1-58465-052-2
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"Samuel Lane's diaries and daybooks offer a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in the 18th century. Jerald Brown quotes extensively from Lane's writing and offers insightful commentary and analysis that help bring Lane and his world to life . . . Those who are interested in history should be grateful to Lane for so carefully recording the details of his life, and to Jerald Brown for helping us understand and interpret them." —Maine Antiques Digest
A remarkable re-creation of the life and world of an 18th-century shoemaker and tanner, surveyor and clerk, trader and farmer -- profusely illustrated, for a general audience.
Samuel Lane, whose life in and around the town of Stratham, New Hampshire, spanned much of the 18th century, was truly a "Renaissance man." Civic, business, and personal concerns fill the pages of the diary he kept for over 60 years. The worries, dilemmas, and day-to-day work Lane detailed provide a compelling view of life in colonial New Hampshire. Together with his business records and family papers, Lane's diaries form an important part of the New Hampshire Historical Society's collections.
Basing his narrative on careful study of this rich documentary legacy, historian Jerald E. Brown explores the life, career, and motivations of one man and his family. In a preliminary essay, editor Donna-Belle Garvin introduces Lane's world to the reader. The many illustrations of leatherworking, farming, surveying, buildings, bridges, crops, animals, and gravestones draw readers into the complex world and work that shaped Lane and his family. This fascinating tale is the most complete account now available of the life of a colonial New England artisan and tradesman.
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JERALD E. BROWN served as editor of the New Hampshire Historical Society's Samuel Lane Papers while earning his Doctor of Philosophy in History from University of New Hampshire. He now heads the history department at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore.
DONNA-BELLE GARVIN, director of research and publications at the New Hampshire Historical Society, has written articles and co-authored books and exhibition catalogs on New Hampshire history. She edits the Society's journal, Historical New Hampshire.
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