"Circumstances of imperious consequence" :insecurity, independence, and history in the lives of the women of the Moffatt-Ladd house: Historical New Hampshire / Barbara McLean Ward.

Title:

"Circumstances of imperious consequence" :insecurity, independence, and history in the lives of the women of the Moffatt-Ladd house: Historical New Hampshire / Barbara McLean Ward.

Author:

Ward, Barbara McLean.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: Historical New Hampshire, 2007.

Physical Description:

p. 120-141.

Source:

Vol. 61, No. 2 (Fall 2007) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article details the lives of several women who lived in the Moffatt-Ladd House of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The author describes how several female residents were able to move within existing laws to protect themselves, noting that property laws of the time restricted women from acting as independent agents. Biographical information is presented on Sarah Catherine Tufton Mason Moffatt, the first mistress of the Moffatt-Ladd House. Biographical information is also presented on Katharine Moffatt Whipple (1733-1821), the first woman to hold title to the house in her own name, and Maria Tufton Haven Ladd (1787-1861), who became the second woman to hold the title to the house in her own name in 1819.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Women Legal status, laws, etc.

Locations:

Moffatt-Ladd Garden (Portsmouth, N.H.).
Portsmouth (N.H.) Architecture.
Portsmouth (N.H.) History.

People:

Moffatt, Sarah Catherine Tufton Mason, 1742-1802. , Ladd, Maria Tufton Haven, 1787-1861. , Whipple, Katharine Moffatt, 1733-1821. , Haven, Polly Tufton Moffatt.

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