Memoirs

Name Memoirs
Description

Record, memory, experience, account, apology, or history about one’s own life or another’s. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page.

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
20330 A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield. Wakefield , Priscilla
Clarkson , Thomas
 Isaac Peirce (Philadelphia)
1818
23292 A codicil to be added to the will of me Elizabeth Hastings containing the devise of my manor of Wheldale to the provost and scholars at Queen's Colledge [sic] Oxford for the uses herein mentioned. Hastings , Elizabeth
 1739
2763 A home truth: being memoirs of the love and state-intrigues of the Court of H---; from the marriage of the Princess of Z------, to the tragical death of Count K-----k: written originally in High-German, by the celebrated Countess of K----k. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
Jacob Robinson [Ludgate St] (London)
1750 The Second Edition.
1637 A legacy, or widow's mite, left by Alice Hayes, to her children and others: being a brief relation of her life. To which is added, an account of some of her dying sayings. The Fourth Edition. Hayes , Alice
 1786 The Fourth Edition.
13112 A legacy, or Widow's Mite, left by Alice Hayes, to her children and others: being a brief relation of her life. To which is added, the testimony of Tottenham Monthly Meeting concerning her. Fifth Edition. Hayes , Alice
 Samuel Darton and Robert Harvey [1833-38] (London)
1836 Fifth Edition.
1633 A legacy, or Widow's mite; Left by Alice Hayes, to her children and others. Being a brief relation of her life; with an account of some of her dying sayings. The third edition. Hayes , Alice
 1765 The Third Edition.
17787 A legacy; or, Widow's mite: left by Alice Hayes to her children and others. Being a brief relation of her life; with an account of some of her dying sayings. Hayes , Alice
 1807
1674 A letter from Miss F--d, addressed to a Person of Distinction. With a new ballad To an old tune. Sent to the author by an Unknown Hand. Thicknesse , Ann
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1761
1732 A letter from Miss F--d, addressed to a person of distinction. With a new ballad to an old tune. Sent to the author by an unknown hand. The second edition. With a postscript. Thicknesse , Ann
 1761 The second edition. With a postscript.
11769 A Memoir of Louisa Maw, Daughter of Thomas and Lucy Maw, of Needham Market, Suffolk; who died the 16th of 3rd Month, 1828. Maw , Louisa
Maw , Thomas
Barton , Bernard
 1828
16285 A Memoir of Miss Hannah Adams, Written by Herself. With Additional Notices, by a Friend. Adams , Hannah
Lee , Hannah Farnham Sawyer
 Gray and Bowen (Boston)
1832
23095 A memorial to the youth of the present age, or, the death-bed words and sayings of a young gentle-woman who sweetly, and triumphantly ended her days at Glasgow May, 3. 1706. Being betwixt the 16. and 17. years of her age. Whereunto is annexed an appendix of some arguments and motives to excite young persones [sic] to seek God early and earnestly. Also a discription [sic] of youth hood. Car , Margaret
 1720
7012 A narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Johnson. Containing an account of her sufferings, during four years with the Indians and French. Johnson , Susannah Willard
 Stewart and Meikle (Glasgow)
1797
19341 A narrative of the captivity, sufferings, and removes, of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, with several others; and treated in the most barbarous and cruel manner by those vile savages: with many other remarkable events during her travels. Written by her own hand, for her private use, and since made public at the earnest desire of some friends, and for the benefit of the afflicted. Rowlandson , Mary White
 1800
16286 A Narrative of the Controversy Between the Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D.D. and the Author. By Hannah Adams. Adams , Hannah
 1814
15525 A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq. Written by herself. Charke , Charlotte
 George Byron Whitaker, Treacher, and Arnot (London)
1829
15524 A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq. Written by herself. Charke , Charlotte
 Henry Leigh Hunt and Charles Cowden Clarke [Tavistock] (London)
1827
20447 A narrative of the life, occurrences, vicissitudes and present situation, of K. White. Compiled and collated by herself--Feb. 1809. White , K.
 1809
1749 A narrative of the seizure & confinement of Ann Brookhouse; who was assaulted in one of the streets of London, and carried off by two hired ruffians, May 7, 1798, and detained in close imprisonment, till August 25, following; as related by herself. Written by a friend. Brookhouse , Ann
Field , William
 1798
16334 A Narrative of the Shipwreck and Unparalleled Sufferings of Mrs. Sarah Allen, (late of Boston) on her Passage in May Last from New-York to New Orleans. Being the Substance of a Letter from the Unfortunate Mrs. Allen to her Sister in Boston. The Second Edition. Allen , Sarah
 Benjamin Marston (Boston)
1816 The Second Edition.
16335 A Narrative of the Shipwreck and Unparalleled Sufferings of Mrs. Sarah Allen, (Late of Boston) on her Passage in May Last from New-York to New Orleans. Being the Substance of a Letter from the Unfortunate Mrs. Allen to her Sister in Boston. The Second Edition. Allen , Sarah
 1817 The Second Edition.
16333 A Narrative of the Shipwreck and Unparalleled Sufferings of Mrs. Sarah Allen, (late of Boston) on her Passage in May Last from New-York to New Orleans. Being the Substance of a Letter from the Unfortunate Mrs. Allen to her Sister in Boston. The Second Edition. Allen , Sarah
 M. Brewster (Boston)
1816 The Second Edition.
405 A pairt of the life of Lady Margaret Cuninghame, daughter of the Earl of Glencairn, that she had with her first husband, the Master of Chandale. The just and true account thereof, as it was first written with her own hand; including a letter to her husband the Master of Evandale, and another to my Lady Marquess of Hamilton, with her last will sent to the said Lady Marquess, inclosed therein. Cunningham , Margaret
 1827
4814 A series of letters. By the author of Clarinda Cathcart; Alicia Montague; and the comedy of Sir Harry Gaylove. In two volumes. Marishall , Jean
 1789
4869 A series of letters. By the author of Clarinda Cathcart; Alicia Montague; and the comedy of Sir Harry Gaylove. In two volumes. ... Marishall , Jean
 1788

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