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Elizabeth Murray: A Woman's Pursuit of Independence in Eighteenth-Century America
Elizabeth Murray A Woman's Pursuit of Independence in EighteenthCentury America
Author: Patricia Cleary
One of the most compelling figures in colonial America, Elizabeth Murray (1726-1785) was a Scottish immigrant who settled in Boston in her early twenties and took up shopkeeping. For many years, she practiced her trade successfully while marrying three times, once to a much older man who left her an extremely rich widow. This biography chro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781558493964
ISBN-10: 1558493964
Pages: 296
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Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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