To marry an Indian : the marriage of Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot in letters, 1823-1839 / edited by Theresa Strouth Gaul.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Gaul, Theresa Strouth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Boudinot, Elias, -1839--Correspondence.
• Boudinot, Harriett Gold--Family--Correspondence.
• Boudinot, Harriett Gold--Correspondence.
• Cherokee Indians--History--19th century--Sources.
• Women, White--Georgia--Correspondence.
• Married people--Georgia--Correspondence.
• Interracial marriage--United States--Case studies.
• Cherokee Indians--Georgia--Correspondence.
• American letters--History and criticism.
• United States--Race relations--History--19th century--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When 19-year-old Harriett Gold, from a prominent white family in Connecticut, announced in 1825 her intention to marry a Cherokee man, her shocked family initiated a correspondence debating her decision to marry an Indian. Providing firsthand documentation of race relations in the early 19th-century US, this volume collects this correspondence.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Editorial Method; Introduction; PART I: Connecticut Letters, 1823–1826; Illustrations; PART II: Cherokee Letters, 1827–1839; Works Cited; Index;

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-214) and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9798890879264
• 9780807876350
• 0807876356

OCLC:

476236709