| MS 031 | |
| AUTHOR : | Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1775) |
| TITLE : | Some account of the forepart of the life of Elizabeth Ashbridge |
| DATES : | 1713-1755 |
| SIZE : | 1 volume (60 pages); 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches |
| ARRANGEMENT : | Arranged by author. |
| HISTORY : | Autobiography of an indentured servant who immigrated from Ireland to United States in 1832 but returned to Ireland after years of misery and discontent. |
| CONTENTS: | Contains the memoirs of Elizabeth Ashbridge from the days of her youth in Ireland to her life as a indentured servant and Quaker in the United States. The story begins with her arrival in New York in 1732 and includes her servitude in Pennsylvania, her marriage to a school master and their lives in Rhode Island and her return to Pennsylvania to visit Quaker relations. She remarried in 1746 following the death of her abusive husband and returned to Ireland in 1753. She died there in 1755. Her autobiography was first published in Philadelphia in 1807 and under the title, "Some account of the forepart of the life of Elizabeth Ashbridge: who departed this life, in truth's service, at the house of the Robert Lecky, in the county of Carlow, Ireland, the 16th 5 mo., 1755, written by her own hand". Numerous editions followed in the United States and Ireland. Click here for transcripts of the autobiography. |
| SUBJECTS : | Autobiographies. Indentured servants -- United States. Quaker converts -- Pennsylvania. Quaker women. Women -- Social conditions. Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755) |