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Sentiments of an American Woman

Sentiments of an American Woman

Published in 1780, this broadside was part of an effort by women to raise money to provide badly-needed supplies to the Continental Army. The reverse of this document lists detailed instructions for collecting and processing funds. Esther De Berdt…

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