Patriarchy in absentia :the family correspondence of James McClure: Historical New Hampshire / Ellen K. Johnson.
- Title:
- Patriarchy in absentia :the family correspondence of James McClure: Historical New Hampshire / Ellen K. Johnson.
- Author:
- Johnson, Ellen K.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1982.
- Physical Description:
- p. [228] - 249.
- Source:
- Vol. 37, No. 4 (Winter, 1982) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- James McClure served with the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in the American Revolution, then resumed his seafaring career in 1783. His letters to his wife reveal that his attitude to his children was similar to that of the Chesapeake planter elite, in that he relied considerably on positive reinforcement. But in other respects McClure's ambivalence toward his children echoes the stern patriarchial values of 17th- and early 18th-century New England parents, who saw children as harboring evil desires, and who insisted that children subordinate themselves to parental authority.
- Language:
- English.
- People:
- McClure, James, 1750-1791. , McClure family.
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